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Woman of light : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

Woman of light : a novel

Summary: "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.

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  • ISBN: 9780525511328
  • Physical Description: xxiv, 308 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
    regular print
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : One World, [2022]
Subject: Mexican American families -- Fiction
Hispanic American families -- Fiction
Intergenerational relations -- Fiction
Family secrets -- Fiction
Racism -- United states -- Fiction
Survival -- Fiction
Colorado -- Fiction
Genre: Historical fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sechelt/Gibsons. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Gibsons Public Library.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Gibsons Public Library FIC FAJA (Text) 30886001108246 Adult Fiction Hardcover Volume hold Available -

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