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Title:
The hummingbird's daughter : a novel
JLCTITLE245:
Luis Alberto Urrea.
Personal Author:
Urrea, Luis Alberto.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Little, Brown, and Co., 2005.
Physical Description:
499 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780316745468
Abstract:
This historical novel is based on Urrea's real great-aunt Teresita, who had healing powers and was acclaimed as a saint. Urrea has researched historical accounts and family records for years to get an accurate story.
Personal Subject:
Urrea, Teresa-Fiction.
Subject Term:
Teenage girls -- Fiction.

Women healers -- Fiction.

Illegitimate children -- Fiction.

Near-death experiences -- Fiction.

Historical fiction -- Juvenile fiction.

Coming of age -- Juvenile fiction.
Geographic Term:
Mexico -- History -- 1867-1910 -- Fiction.
Genre:
Biographical fiction.

Historical fiction.
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