Mujer de Luz / Woman of Light
by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
*When you open this audiobook on Libro.fm, be sure to select Aveson as your bookstore so that your purchase supports local literacy programs and tree‑planting.
Couldn't load pickup availability
De la mano de la autora de Sabrina y Corina, finalista del National Book Award, nos llega una historia épica de traici³n, amor y destino que abarca cinco generaciones de una familia chicana e indgena en el oeste de los Estados Unidos.
En cada generaci³n hay una vidente que mantiene las historias con vida.
Luz "Little Light" Lopez, lectora de hojas de té y lavandera, debe valerse por s misma cuando su hermano Diego, encantador de serpientes y obrero fabril, tiene que huir de la ciudad a causa de una turba violenta de supremacistas blancos. Mientras Luz se abre camino en el Denver de los a±os treinta, empieza a tener visiones que la transportan a la tierra indgena donde naci³ la Tierra Perdida. Luz presencia los orgenes de sus ancestros, c³mo floreci³ su familia y c³mo se vio amenazada. Atestigua las fuerzas siniestras que han devastado su pueblo y sus tierras durante generaciones. Al final, depende de ella salvar de las garras del olvido las historias de su familia.
Con la voz singular de Kali Fajardo-Anstine, las entretenidas y complicadas vidas de los Lopez llenan las p¡ginas de esta saga multigeneracional. Mujer de luz es una novela cautivadora sobre la supervivencia, los secretos de familia y el amor, poblada por un reparto de personajes inolvidables, cada uno tan especial, memorable y complejo como nuestra querida herona, Luz.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A dazzling 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.
There is one every generation, a seer who keeps the stories.
Luz "Little Light" Lopez, a tea leaf reader and laundress, is left to fend for herself after her older brother, Diego, a snake charmer and factory worker, is run out of town by a violent white mob. As Luz navigates 1930s Denver, she begins to have visions that transport her to her Indigenous homeland in the nearby Lost Territory. Luz recollects her ancestors' origins, how her family flourished, and how they were threatened. She bears witness to the sinister forces that have devastated her people and their homelands for generations. In the end, it is up to Luz to save her family stories from disappearing into oblivion.
Written in Kali Fajardo-Anstine's singular voice, the wildly entertaining and complex lives of the Lopez family fill the pages of this multigenerational western saga. Woman of Light is a transfixing novel about survival, family secrets, and love--filled with an unforgettable cast of characters, all of whom are just as special, memorable, and complicated as our beloved heroine, Luz.
Share
Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781644735527
- Binding
- Paperback
- Authors
- Kali Fajardo-Anstine
- Publisher
- Vintage Espanol
- Published Date
- August 2, 2022
- Language
- Spanish
- Pages
- 376
- Physical Info
- 1.1 in H x 7.8 in L x 5.1 in W (0.75 lb)

I’m reading books in Spanish to improve my vocabulary in my second language and I’m always delighted to find a book that really holds my interest. It helped me a lot that I have some knowledge of northern New Mexico where some of the early action takes place before heading on up to Denver. I was also delighted to find out about the diaspora of the people of northern NM to Denver and other cities in the region to find work which closely parallels the story of my own people back east in Appalachia.
I'm in awe with Kali Fajardo-Anstine and this beautiful book. Every description is poetic and evoques clear images and colors. The story across different generations is very interesting and very well developed. Absolutely loved it!