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Ana Castillo: So Far From God
In So Far from God (1993), Castillo focused on a family in Tome, New Mexico. It is a story about a family with a single mother and her four daughters, each of which is used to examine a different stereotypical image of Chicanas and the struggles they faced. This novel also focused on the relationship of the Chicanos, Native Americans, and Anglos in the Southwest.

One of the five main characters is named La Loca, who had died when she was three after suffering a seizure. At her funeral she was resurrected and claimed that she had gone to hell, purgatory, heaven, and was sent back to earth by God in order to pray for everyone. Due to this she was called a Saint, and was named ‘La Loca Santa’ because of the bewildering behavior following her resurrection.

Several Literary Scholars have written about the character of La Loca. One interpretation was from Delgadillo, in Forms of Chicana Feminist Resistance: Hybrid Spirituality in Ana Castillo’s So Far from God, who focused on self-discovery being achieved by spiritual hybridity. It was also interpreted that La Loca was a symbol of resistance because she stood up against the oppression Chicanas faced such as those from the church. In Contemporary American Women Fiction Writers: An A-to-Z Guide, by Champion and Austin there was a focus on La Loca representing women being natural healers. It focused on people being healed with plants and the remedies being passed down through generations. In this book, the role women have in Mexican American culture was also examined as well as sexism and the oppression they face.