02132cam a2200373 i 4500 1117872317 TxAuBib 20240117120000.0 210608s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021027959 9780525511328 hardcover 0525511326 hardcover (OCoLC)1256592469 TxAuBib rda Fajardo-Anstine, Kali,. Woman of light : a novel / Kali Fajardo-Anstine. First edition. New York [New York] : One World, [2022] ©2022. xxiv, 308 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "1890: When Desiderya Lopez, The Sleepy Prophet, finds an abandoned infant on the banks of an arroyo, she recognizes something in his spirit and brings him home. Pidre will go on to become a famous showman in the Anglo West whose main act, Simodecea, is Pidre's fearless, sharpshooting wife, who wrangles bears as part of his show. 1935: Luz 'Little Light' Lopez and her brother Diego work the carnival circuit in downtown Denver. Luz, is a tea leaf reader, and Diego is a snake charmer. One day, a pale-faced woman in white fur asks Luz for a reading, calling her by a name that only her brother knows. Later that night at a party downtown, Luz sees Diego dancing with this pale-faced woman, which results in a brawl with the local white supremacist group. Diego leaves town for cover and Luz is left trying to get justice for her brother and family. Merging two multi-generational storylines in Colorado, this is a novel of family love, secrets, and survival."-- Provided by publisher. 20240117. Fortune-tellers Fiction. Mexican Americans Fiction. Generations Fiction. Visions Fiction. Denver (Colo.) 20th century Fiction. Historical fiction. lcgft Epic fiction. lcgft TXKPL