An edition of The Hummingbird's Daughter
(2005)
The Hummingbird's Daughter
A Novel
by Luis Alberto Urrea
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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.
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Fiction, Ficción, Teenage girls, Illegitimate children, History, Near-death experiences, Women healers, Experiencias cercanas a la muerte, Hijos ilegítimos, Curanderas, Historia, Muchachas adolescentes, Novela histórica, Historical Fiction, Mexico, fiction, Fiction, sagas, Fiction, historical, Spanish language materials, Novela, Curanderas (Medicina folklórica), Novela histórica mexicana, Fiction, historical, generalPeople
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La Hija de la Chuparrosa
September 28, 2006, Back Bay Books
Paperback
in Spanish
- Tra edition
0316014346 9780316014342
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The Hummingbird's Daughter
April 3, 2006, Back Bay Books
Paperback
in English
0316154520 9780316154529
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La hija de la chuparrosa: una novela
2006, Back Bay Books
in Spanish
- 1a ed. en español.
0316014346 9780316014342
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The Hummingbird's Daughter
2006, Little, Brown and Company
Electronic resource
in English
0759567492 9780759567498
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The Hummingbird's Daughter: A Novel
May 17, 2005, Little, Brown and Company
Hardcover
in English
0316745464 9780316745468
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"ON THE COOL OCTOBER MORNING when Cayetana Chavez brought her baby to light, it was the start of that season in Sinaloa when the humid torments of summer finally gave way to breezes and falling leaves, and small red birds skittered through the corrals, and the dogs grew new coats."
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| August 12, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
| April 24, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs. |
| April 16, 2010 | Edited by bgimpertBot | Added goodreads ID. |
| April 14, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Linked existing covers to the edition. |
| April 30, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from amazon.com record. |