The Hummingbird's Daughter
by Luis Alberto Urrea

Published 2006 by Back Bay Books
Paperback, English. ISBN: 0316154520
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The book selection for Pasadena’s seventh One City, One Story community reading celebration is Luis Alberto Urrea’s novel "The Hummingbird’s Daughter."

The novel tells the story of Teresita, a distant relative of Urrea, who comes to terms with her destiny with the power of faith. It is the tale of a father discovering what true love is and a daughter recognizing that sometimes true love requires true sacrifice. It is full of cowboys and outlaws, Indian warriors, cantina beauties, silly men who drink too much and desert women who in their dreams travel to the seashore. Urrea completed two decades of research and writing for this fictional history.

Urrea was a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction and is member of the Latino Literature Hall of Fame. He is a prolific and acclaimed writer who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore themes of love, loss and triumph. The critically acclaimed author of 11 books, Urrea is an award-winning poet and essayist who has published extensively in all the major genres.

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