Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woman of Light | 2022 | Kali Fajardo-Anstine | Buy |
Woman of Light (2022) is Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s debut novel. Set in Denver, the story follows Luz Lopez, a laundress who discovers she has inherited her mother’s gift for seeing the future in tea leaves. As Luz pieces together her family’s history, the narrative moves between the 1930s and the nineteenth-century American West.
The novel explores themes of land, belonging, and the ties between generations. Fajardo-Anstine draws on her own family’s roots in Colorado and the broader Southwest, grounding the story in specific Denver neighborhoods and historical events while weaving in elements of folklore and vision.