Woman of Light

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ΓÇó A ΓÇ£dazzling,cinematicintimatelyricalΓÇ¥ (Roxane Gay) epic of betrayalloveand fate that spans five generations of an Indigenous Chicano family in the American Westfrom the author of the National Book Award finalist Sabrina & Corina ΓÇ£Sometimes you just step into a book and let it wash over youlike youΓÇÖre swimming under a bigsparkling night sky.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöCeleste Ngauthor of Little Fires Everywhere and Everything I Never Told You A PHENOMENAL BOOK CLUB PICK AND AN AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK There is one every generationa seer who keeps the stories. Luz ΓÇ£Little LightΓÇ¥ Lopeza tea leaf reader and laundressis left to fend for herself after her older brotherDiegoa snake charmer and factory workeris run out of town by a violent white mob. As Luz navigates 1930s Denvershe begins to have visions that transport her to her Indigenous homeland in the nearby Lost Territory. Luz recollects her ancestorsΓÇÖ originshow her family flourishedand how they were threatened. She bears witness to the sinister forces that have devastated her people and their homelands for generations. In the endit is up to Luz to save her family stories from disappearing into oblivion. Written in Kali Fajardo-AnstineΓÇÖs singular voicethe 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 survivalfamily secretsand loveΓÇöfilled with an unforgettable cast of charactersall of whom are just as specialmemorableand complicated as our beloved heroineLuz.