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Violence
Some
Racial violence including KKK activity in 1930s Colorado
Language
Barely any
Mild language in the literary fiction register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Minimal sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Some period-appropriate drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
The historical weight of racial violence and the psychological strength required to build a life in its presence — and the intergenerational dimensions of that survival — is the novel's sustained and moving subject
What this book is about
Kali Fajardo-Anstine's debut novel follows Luz Lopez and her family — part of the long-rooted Coloradans of Mexican and indigenous descent — in 1930s Denver. Told across generations with historical richness, the novel explores the violence of the KKK's resurgence, racial hierarchy in the American West, and the lives of women who persist through all of it. Fajardo-Anstine writes with beauty and specificity; a significant debut.
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