num_pages: 336
description: Jesusa is a tough, fiery character based on a real working-class Mexican woman whose life spanned some of the seminal events of early twentieth-century Mexican history. Having joined a cavalry unit during the Mexican Revolution, she finds herself at the Revolution's end in Mexico City, far from her native Oaxaca, abandoned by her husband and working menial jobs. So begins Jesusa's long history of encounters with the police and struggles against authority. Mystical yet practical, undaunted by hardship, Jesusa faces the obstacles in her path with gritty determination.Here in its first English translation, Elena Poniatowska's rich, sensitive, and compelling blend of documentary and fiction provides a unique perspective on history and the place of women in twentieth-century Mexico.
language: English
title: Here's to You, Jesusa!
titlecomplete: Here's to You, Jesusa!
genres: Read For School, 20th Century, Spanish Literature, Historical, Historical Fiction, Cultural, Womens, Latin American, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 1305
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Kiriyama Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin Books