A collection of mystical fables follows the experiences of a range of extraordinary women who share a common strength in the form of feminine intuitive powers, which enable them to find resolve in the face of adversity, pursue their passions, and nurture the human soul. Reprint.

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Ángeles Mastretta was born in Puebla, Mexico, in October 1949.  She began her writing career as a journalist for such publications as Siete, a magazine published by the Ministry of Public Education, and the afternoon paper Ovaciones.  In 1974 she was awarded a scholarship at the Mexican Writers&; Center, where she honed her skills among the writers Juan Rulfo, Salvador Elizondo, and Francisco Monterde.  In 1975, La pájara pinta (Colorful Bird), a collection of Mastretta&;s poetry, was published. The success of Tear This Heart Out (Riverhead Books, 1997) gave Mastretta the freedom to focus full time on writing fiction, yet the inspiration for Women with Big Eyes is autobiographical, conceived when her infant daughter was gravely ill.  Hoping to convince the child that she was a necessary link in an unbroken chain of extraordinary women, Mastretta sat by her bedside telling stories, harvesting her family tree and her imagination to create a cast of magical, witty and colorful women, caught in pivotal moments of their life.  Realizing the power of these stories, she subsequently wrote them down so that they would not be lost, and Women with Big Eyes was born.

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