Hija de la Chuparrosa, La - by Luis Alberto Urrea (Paperback)

About the Book

Miracles and passions abound in this fascinating novel that has been hailed as a masterpiece. It is the story of a young Mexican woman whose powers to heal the afflicted give her the aura of a saint. She comes to fulfill her surprising destiny amidst the flames of a nascent revolution...as the town rises up, screaming her name.

Book Synopsis

"Inmensamente entretenida." --David Hellman, San Francisco Chronicle

Elegida como uno de los mejores libros del año por el Chicaogo Tribune, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, y Washington Post

Los milagros y las pasiones abundan en esta novela fascinante que ha sido aclamada como obra maestra. Es la historia de una joven mexicana cuyas facultades para curar a los aflijidos le prestan aura de santa. Ella llega a realizar su destino sorprendente entre las llamas de una revolución naciente... mientras que el pueblo se levanta, gritando su nombre.

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.