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NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠A âdazzling, cinematic, intimate, lyricalâ (Roxane Gay) epic of betrayal, love, and fate that spans five generations of an Indigenous Chicano family in the American West, from the author of the National Book Award finalist Sabrina & Corina
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Fajardo-Anstine does many remarkable things in Woman of Light, but three of those things just blew me away. First, she anchors the novel in a city (Denver, 1930s). Cities are the forgotten truth of the American West, and they shouldnât be. Second, she brings to life the âLost Territories,â the Hispanic/Indigenous lands of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, long-cherished homes overrun by white settlement in the 19th century. Third, she builds the entire compelling narrative around a suite of Chicana/Indigenous womenâand they are the strongest, liveliest characters youâll ever meet. They work, they love, they breathe loyalty,âŚ
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