<![CDATA[author results for Urrea, Luis Alberto]]>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/dcl/rss/search?query=Urrea%2C%20Luis%20Alberto&searchType=author&origin=core-catalog-explore&page=2&view=groupedRSS for NodeMon, 16 Mar 2026 03:18:32 GMT<![CDATA[Good Night, Irene]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1759075https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1759075Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1759075114BKA Novelenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316265850/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[Good Night, Irene]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1774697https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1774697Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1774697114LPRINTenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798885792707/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[Good Night, Irene]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1793601https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1793601Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1793601114BOOK_CLUB_KITA Novelenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316265959/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[Good Night, Irene]]>This New York Times bestselling novel tells an exhilarating World War II epic that chronicles an extraordinary young woman’s heroic frontline service in the Red Cross.

“Urrea’s touch is sure, his exuberance carries you through . . . He is a generous writer, not just in his approach to his craft but in the broader sense of what he feels necessary to capture about life itself.” —Financial Times

In 1943, Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancé in New York to enlist with the Red Cross and head to Europe. She makes fast friends in training with Dorothy Dunford, a towering Midwesterner with a ferocious wit. Together they are part of an elite group of women, nicknamed Donut Dollies, who command military vehicles called Clubmobiles at the front line, providing camaraderie and a taste of home that may be the only solace before troops head into battle.
           
After D-Day, these two intrepid friends join the Allied soldiers streaming into France. Their time in Europe will see them embroiled in danger, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald. Through her friendship with Dorothy, and a love affair with a courageous American fighter pilot named Hans, Irene learns to trust again. Her most fervent hope, which becomes more precarious by the day, is for all three of them to survive the war intact.
 
Taking as inspiration his mother’s own Red Cross service, Luis Alberto Urrea has delivered an overlooked story of women’s heroism in World War II. With its affecting and uplifting portrait of friendship and valor in harrowing circumstances, Good Night, Irene powerfully demonstrates yet again that Urrea’s “gifts as a storyteller are prodigious” (NPR).]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C9323163https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C9323163Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/9323163980EBOOKA Novelenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316266055/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[The Devil's Highway]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C646637https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C646637Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/646637114BKA True Storyenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316010801/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[The House of Broken Angels]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1441109https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1441109Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1441109114BKA Novelenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316154888/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[Good Night, Irene]]>This New York Times bestselling novel tells an exhilarating World War II epic that chronicles an extraordinary young woman's heroic frontline service in the Red Cross.
"Urrea's touch is sure, his exuberance carries you through . . . He is a generous writer, not just in his approach to his craft but in the broader sense of what he feels necessary to capture about life itself." —Financial Times

In 1943, Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancé in New York to enlist with the Red Cross and head to Europe. She makes fast friends in training with Dorothy Dunford, a towering Midwesterner with a ferocious wit. Together they are part of an elite group of women, nicknamed Donut Dollies, who command military vehicles called Clubmobiles at the front line, providing camaraderie and a taste of home that may be the only solace before troops head into battle.

After D-Day, these two intrepid friends join the Allied soldiers streaming into France. Their time in Europe will see them embroiled in danger, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Buchenwald. Through her friendship with Dorothy, and a love affair with a courageous American fighter pilot named Hans, Irene learns to trust again. Her most fervent hope, which becomes more precarious by the day, is for all three of them to survive the war intact.

Taking as inspiration his mother's own Red Cross service, Luis Alberto Urrea has delivered an overlooked story of women's heroism in World War II. With its affecting and uplifting portrait of friendship and valor in harrowing circumstances, Good Night, Irene powerfully demonstrates yet again that Urrea's "gifts as a storyteller are prodigious" (NPR).]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C9311220https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C9311220Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/9311220980EAUDIOBOOKA Novelenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668617007/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[The House of Broken Angels]]>In this "raucous, moving, and necessary" story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist (San Francisco Chronicle), the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet weekend.
"All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it. Not borders. Not death."
In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly one hundred, dies, transforming the weekend into a farewell doubleheader. Among the guests is Big Angel's half brother, known as Little Angel, who must reckon with the truth that although he shares a father with his siblings, he has not, as a half gringo, shared a life.
Across two bittersweet days in their San Diego neighborhood, the revelers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the lives of Big Angel and his mother, and recounting the many inspiring tales that have passed into family lore, the acts both ordinary and heroic that brought these citizens to a fraught and sublime country and allowed them to flourish in the land they have come to call home.
Teeming with brilliance and humor, authentic at every turn, The House of Broken Angels is Luis Alberto Urrea at his best, and cements his reputation as a storyteller of the first rank.
"Epic . . . Rambunctious . . . Highly entertaining." — New York Times Book Review"Intimate and touching . . . the stuff of legend." — San Francisco Chronicle"An immensely charming and moving tale." — Boston GlobeNational Bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalistA New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the Year from National Public Radio, American Library Association, San Francisco Chronicle, BookPage, Newsday, BuzzFeed, Kirkus, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Literary Hub]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C3590213https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C3590213Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3590213980EAUDIOBOOKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781478915812/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[The Devil's Highway]]>This important book from a Pulitzer Prize finalist follows the brutal journey a group of men take to cross the Mexican border: "the single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" (The Atlantic).
In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadliest region of the continent, the "Devil's Highway." Three years later, Luis Alberto Urrea wrote about what happened to them. The result was a national bestseller, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a "book of the year" in multiple newspapers, and a work proclaimed as a modern American classic.]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C577229https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C577229Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/577229980EAUDIOBOOKA True Storyenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781611135749/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[The Hummingbird's Daughter]]>From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The House of Broken Angels and Good Night, Irene, discover the epic historical novel following the journey of a young saint fighting for her survival.
This historical novel is based on Urrea's real great-aunt Teresita, who had healing powers and was acclaimed as a saint. Urrea has researched historical accounts and family records for years to get an accurate story.]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C108642https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C108642Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/108642980EAUDIOBOOKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781594838163/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[The Hummingbird's Daughter]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1765830https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1765830Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1765830114BKA Novelenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316154529/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[The House of Broken Angels]]>In this "raucous, moving, and necessary" story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist (San Francisco Chronicle), the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet weekend.
"All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it. Not borders. Not death."
In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly one hundred, dies, transforming the weekend into a farewell doubleheader. Among the guests is Big Angel's half brother, known as Little Angel, who must reckon with the truth that although he shares a father with his siblings, he has not, as a half gringo, shared a life.
Across two bittersweet days in their San Diego neighborhood, the revelers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the lives of Big Angel and his mother, and recounting the many inspiring tales that have passed into family lore, the acts both ordinary and heroic that brought these citizens to a fraught and sublime country and allowed them to flourish in the land they have come to call home.
Teeming with brilliance and humor, authentic at every turn, The House of Broken Angels is Luis Alberto Urrea at his best, and cements his reputation as a storyteller of the first rank.
"Epic . . . Rambunctious . . . Highly entertaining." — New York Times Book Review"Intimate and touching . . . the stuff of legend." — San Francisco Chronicle"An immensely charming and moving tale." — Boston GlobeNational Bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalistA New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the Year from National Public Radio, American Library Association, San Francisco Chronicle, BookPage, Newsday, BuzzFeed, Kirkus, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Literary Hub]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C3336997https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C3336997Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3336997980EBOOKenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316516259/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[Fourteen Days]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1742828https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1742828Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1742828114BKA Literary Project of the Authors Guild of Americaenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780358616382/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[Don't Turn Out the Lights]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1675959https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1675959Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1675959114BKA Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Darkenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780062877673/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[Fourteen Days]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1780654https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1780654Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1780654114BOOK_CDA Collaborative Novelenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780358713838/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[Fourteen Days]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1763465https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1763465Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1763465114LPRINTAn Unauthorized Gatheringenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063268234/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[The Water Museum]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12525255https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12525255Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12525255981EBOOKStoriesenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316334389/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[La Hija de la Chuparrosa]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12528489https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12528489Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12528489981EBOOKspahttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316209359/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[Queen of America]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C13336267https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C13336267Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/13336267981EBOOKA Novelenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316192040/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[Into the Beautiful North]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12520535https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12520535Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12520535981EBOOKA Novelenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316053402/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[Rumbo al Hermoso Norte]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12520237https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S981C12520237Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/12520237981EBOOKspahttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316070287/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[Latino Poetry]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1795356https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1795356Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1795356114BKThe Library of America Anthologyenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781598537833/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=<![CDATA[Flash Fiction America]]>https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1759771https://dcl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S114C1759771Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://dcl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1759771114BK73 Very Short Storiesenghttps://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780393358056/MC.GIF&client=dougp&type=xw12&oclc=