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The Hummingbird's Daughter
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The Hummingbird's Daughter Paperback - 2006

by Urrea, Luis Alberto

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Miracles and passion abound in this mesmerizing novel--hailed everywhere as a masterwork--the story of a remarkable young woman's sudden sainthood in the revolutionary-era Mexico of the late 19th century.

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U.S.A.: Back Bay Books, 2006. very good trade paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good.
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  • Title The Hummingbird's Daughter
  • Author Urrea, Luis Alberto
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 528
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Back Bay Books, U.S.A.
  • Date 2006
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 160902-MG3
  • ISBN 9780316154529 / 0316154520
  • Weight 1.16 lbs (0.53 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.29 x 5.5 x 1.41 in (21.06 x 13.97 x 3.58 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Mexican
    • Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
    • Ethnic Orientation: Latino
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Teenage girls
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

First line

ON THE COOL OCTOBER MORNING when Cayetana Chavez brought her baby to light, it was the start of that season in Sinaloa when the humid torments of summer finally gave way to breezes and falling leaves, and small red birds skittered through the corrals, and the dogs grew new coats.

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Citations

  • New York Times, 04/16/2006, Page 24

About the author

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his landmark work of nonficiton The Devil's Highway, Luis Alberto Urrea is also the bestselling author of the novels The Hummingbird's Daughter, Into the Beautiful North, and Queen of America, as well as the story collection The Water Museum, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist.

He has won the Lannan Literary Award, an Edgar Award, and a 2017 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, among many other honors. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American mother, he lives outside of Chicago and teaches at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

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