The Hummingbird’s Daughter

Urrea based this historical novel on his great-aunt’s life. Teresita is the sixteen year old illegitimate daughter of a wealthy rancher as civil war brews in 1889 Mexico. She dreams that she died and then realizes she really did die and has returned with the power to heal. Becoming the Saint of Cabora is only the start of her trials and tribulations as indigenous pilgrims make their way to the ranch to seek her aid and blessing.