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The Hummingbird's Daughter: A Novel

ISBN: 0316745464

Title: The Hummingbird's Daughter: A Novel

Author: Luis Alberto Urrea

KDL Description:

When sixteen-year-old Teresita, the illegitimate and beloved daughter of a powerful late-nineteenth-century rancher, arises from death possessing the power to heal, she is declared a saint and finds her family and faith tested by the impending Mexican civil war. By the author of The Devil’s Highway.

Amazon Description:

The prizewinning writer Luis Alberto Urrea’s long-awaited novel is an epic mystical drama of a young woman’s sudden sainthood in late 19th-century Mexico.