num_pages: 336
description: A dazzling epic of betrayal love and fate that spans five generations of an Indigenous Chicano family in the American West from the author of the National Book Award Finalist Sabrina &amp; CorinaThere is one every generation--a seer who keeps the stories.Luz Little Light Lopez a tea leaf reader and laundress is left to fend for herself after her older brother Diego a snake charmer and factory worker is run out of town by a violent white mob. As Luz navigates 1930's Denver on her own she begins to have visions that transport her to her Indigenous homeland in the nearby Lost Territory. Luz recollects her ancestors' origins how her family flourished and how they were threatened. She bears witness to the sinister forces that have devastated her people and their homelands for generations. In the end it is up to Luz to save her family stories from disappearing into oblivion.Written in Kali Fajardo-Anstine's singular voice the wildly entertaining and complex lives of the Lopez family fill the pages of this multigenerational western saga. Woman of Light is a transfixing novel about survival family secrets and love filled with an unforgettable cast of characters all of whom are just as special memorable and complicated as our beloved heroine Luz.
language: English
title: Woman of Light
publisher: One World