Events › Hyde Park Book Club: Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

The Book Club meets on the last Thursday of the month in Weld Hall at the Hyde Park Branch Library and virtually on Zoom. This program is for adults. New members are always welcome! Copies of the book are available for checkout at the circulation desk. For more information or to join the Book Club virtually, please email staff at hydepark@bpl.org.

Book: Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Synopsis: 1890: When Desiderya Lopez, The Sleepy Prophet, finds an abandoned infant on the banks of an arroyo, she recognizes something in his spirit and brings him home. Pidre will go on to become a famous showman whose main act, Simodecea, is Pidre's fearless, sharpshooting wife.

1935: Luz Lopez and her brother Diego work the carnival circuit in Denver. Luz is a tea leaf reader, and Diego is a snake charmer. One day, a pale-faced woman in white fur asks Luz for a reading. Later that night at a party downtown, Luz sees Diego dancing with this pale-faced woman, which results in a brawl with local white supremacists. Diego leaves town for cover and Luz is left trying to get justice for her family.

Merging two multi-generational storylines in Colorado, this is a novel of family love, secrets, and survival.

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