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lindamarieaustin110159 's review for:
The Hummingbird's Daughter
by Luis Alberto Urrea
This fictional biography of Teresita Urrea, who became known as Saint Teresita of Cabora, was a fascinating read. I appreciate the years of research spent by the author to make this as factual as possible. His use of language is fluent and descriptive, painting a vivid portrait of Teresita’s life in nineteenth century Mexico.
Teresita Urrea was the illegitimate daughter of Don Tomás Urrea and the petite Cayetana Chávez (The Hummingbird). She was born in Ocoroni, Mexico in the late nineteenth century, and abandoned by her mother at a young age. She was left in the care of her aunt who mistreated her, and eventually taken under the wing of Huila, a midwife and healer. They relocated with her father’s clan and servants to Cabora. Huila shared her vast knowledge of plants and their potential power to aid the human body in recovery. Teresita defied the expectations of a servant girl, insisting on learning to read. In her early adulthood she was viciously assaulted and assumed dead. However, she resurrected herself, telling those around her that she had met God and been told that her work was not done. Afterward she went on to perform miraculous cures on those who visited her home.
Teresita Urrea was the illegitimate daughter of Don Tomás Urrea and the petite Cayetana Chávez (The Hummingbird). She was born in Ocoroni, Mexico in the late nineteenth century, and abandoned by her mother at a young age. She was left in the care of her aunt who mistreated her, and eventually taken under the wing of Huila, a midwife and healer. They relocated with her father’s clan and servants to Cabora. Huila shared her vast knowledge of plants and their potential power to aid the human body in recovery. Teresita defied the expectations of a servant girl, insisting on learning to read. In her early adulthood she was viciously assaulted and assumed dead. However, she resurrected herself, telling those around her that she had met God and been told that her work was not done. Afterward she went on to perform miraculous cures on those who visited her home.