The Hummingbird's Daughter: A Novel

Luis Alberto Urrea

Little, Brown, Jun 1, 2006 - Fiction - 512 pages

From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The House of Broken Angels and Good Night, Irene, discover the epic historical novel following the journey of a young saint fighting for her survival.

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.

About the author

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his landmark work of nonficiton The Devil's Highway, Luis Alberto Urrea is also the bestselling author of the novels The Hummingbird's Daughter, Into the Beautiful North, and Queen of America, as well as the story collection The Water Museum, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist.

He has won the Lannan Literary Award, an Edgar Award, and a 2017 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, among many other honors. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American mother, he lives outside of Chicago and teaches at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Hummingbird's Daughter: A Novel
• Author: Luis Alberto Urrea
• Publisher: Little, Brown, 2006
• ISBN: 0759567514, 9780759567511
• Length: 512 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Hispanic & Latino; Fiction / Historical / General; Fiction / Religious