When a curandera comes to stay with a young boy, he tests the bonds that tie him to his culture and finds himself in the secrets of the past. and will nurture the birth of his soul..
And at each life turn there is Ultima, who delivered Tony into the world...
Under her wise wing, Tony will probe the family ties that bind and rend him, and he will discover himself in the magical secrets of the pagan past--a mythic legacy as palpable as the Catholicism of Latin America.
She is a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic.
Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima comes to stay with his family in New Mexico.
From one of the nation\'s foremost Chicano literary artists comes a coming-of-age classic and the bestselling Chicano novel of all time that follows a young boy as he questions his faith and beliefs -- now one of PBS\'s 100 Great American Reads ( Denver Post ).
When a curandera comes to stay with a young boy, he tests the bonds that tie him to his culture and finds himself in the secrets of the past
