Woman of light : a novel

Fajardo-Anstine, Kali, author.

First edition.

Book

New York : One World, [2022]

©2022

xxiv, 308 pages : map ; 22 cm

"1890: When Desiderya Lopez, The Sleepy Prophet, finds an abandoned infant on the banks of an arroyo, she recognizes something in his spirit and brings him home. Pidre will go on to become a famous showman in the Anglo West whose main act, Simodecea, is Pidre's fearless, sharpshooting wife, who wrangles bears as part of his show. 1935: Luz "Little Light" Lopez and her brother Diego work the carnival circuit in downtown Denver. Luz, is a tea leaf reader, and Diego is a snake charmer. One day, a pale-faced woman in white fur asks Luz for a reading, calling her by a name that only her brother knows. Later that night at a party downtown, Luz sees Diego dancing with this pale-faced woman, which results in a brawl with the local white supremacist group. Diego leaves town for cover and Luz is left trying to get justice for her brother and family. Merging two multi-generational storylines in Colorado, this is a novel of family love, secrets, and survival"-- Provided by publisher.

Fortune-tellers -- Fiction.

Mexican Americans -- Fiction.

Generations -- Fiction.

Visions -- Fiction.

Racism -- Fiction.

Denver (Colo.) -- 20th century -- Fiction.

Palatine (Ill.) -- Own voices.

Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC author.

Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC subject.

Palatine (Ill.) -- Own voices.

Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC author.

Palatine (Ill.) -- BIPOC subject.

Historical fiction.

Epic fiction.

Novels.

Prologue: The Sleepy Prophet and the child from nowhere -- Little light -- La Divisoria -- The Greeks -- The trouble with men -- Night owl -- To the edges -- A getaway car -- The inner self -- Women without men -- Heat -- We should be happy as kings -- La Llorona -- The body snatchers of Bakersfield, California -- The red streets -- Three sisters -- Words into words -- The love story of Eleanor Anne -- Justice cannot see, but can she hear? -- The dressmaker -- Invitation only -- A game of cards -- A new vision -- The sharpshooter Simodecca Salazar-Smith -- A life of her own -- Shelter from the storm -- A day without work -- Where the world registers -- Simodecca's final shot -- The split sisters -- An animal named Night -- To the wedding -- El mariachi -- Portal -- Woman of light -- Diego's return.

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