Zoe is also eager to meet the famous Feliciana, despite having “never been into supernatural stuff.” The author alternates between Zoe’s urbane narration and transcriptions of her interviews with Feliciana, whose elliptical and mystical language makes for a sharp contrast. Zoe, a 30-something Mexico City journalist exhausted by never-ending stories of femicide and rape, nevertheless feels obligated to cover them “from the trench dug at the newsroom,” and agrees to report on the murder of Feliciana’s cousin Paloma, also a curandera. Feliciana is a curandera, or folk healer, living in a village in San Felipe, Mexico. Mexican writer Lozano ( Loop) delivers a layered narrative about healers, storytelling, and family trauma.
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