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Lucía Zárate: The odyssey of the world’s smallest woman

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by Cecilia Velástegui


  Boss

  Prima donna

  Leading lady. A temperamental performer

  Pulque

  A Mexican alcoholic drink.

  Rebozo

  Shawl

  Saltimbanque

  Itinerant circus performer

  Sangre azul

  Blue blood

  Señor, Señora, Señorita

  Mr., Mrs., Miss

  Sobadora

  Massage therapist

  Son jarocho

  Folk music of Veracruz

  Sui generis

  Unique

  Vanilla planifonia

  Species of vanilla orchid

  Ya!

  Enough

  Xocolatl

  bitter water, chocolate

  BIBLIOGRAPHY

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  Newspaper cited from source: Newspapers Publishers Extra. “Lucía Zarate.” Studied 541 digital articles from numerous newspapers in the United States and England dated, 1876-1891. Newspaper sources cited in novel. www.newspapers.com.

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  CECILIA VELÁSTEGUI, M.S.ED. received First Place from the International Latino Book Awards for her novels Missing in Machu Picchu (2013) and Traces of Bliss (2012). The Association of American Publishers and the Las Comadres International organization selected her novels to the National Latino Book Club. Parisian Promises (2014) was the runner-up for the Paris Book Award and Gathering the Indigo Maidens (2011) was a finalist for the Mariposa Award. Her children’s bilingual fables: Olinguito Speaks Up, Lalo Loves to Help, and Howl of the Mission Owl have received numerous awards.

  Cecilia was born in Ecuador and raised in California and France. She received her graduate degree from the University of Southern California, speaks four languages, and has traveled to one hundred countries. She lives in Dana Point, California.

  www.CeciliaVelastegui.com

  Lucía Zárate

  1864-1890

  Smallest Woman in the World

  Lucía Zárate and General Mite in London

 

 

 


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