![]() The de la Cruzes are a big clan, messy and complex. The result is a novel that is knowing and intimate, funny and tragic at once. Here, he returns to his family as source, modeling Big Angel, or at least his circumstance, on his oldest brother, who died a month after their mother’s funeral. Urrea is an accomplished writer of fiction and nonfiction his novel The Hummingbird’s Daughter was inspired by his great-aunt, the Mexican mystic Teresita Urrea, and The Devils’ Highway: A True Story, which recounts a catastrophic border crossing, was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. ![]() A last birthday,” Angel’s sister explains, and from that simple statement, the entire book unfolds. ![]() Before his death, though, he means to celebrate one last birthday. Urrea ( The Water Museum, 2015, etc.) tells the story of Miguel Angel de la Cruz, or Big Angel, who must bury his mother as he himself is dying. ![]() A family saga that asks what it means to be American. ![]()
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