More About the Author Her life was plagued by the trifecta. A disastrous triad of events impacted the very essence of who Lila was, not only her present but her future too. After pushing herself to the point of exhaustion and scaring her family, already struck with grief. The LAST NAME family has no other card left, but to send Lila to visit her family in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Separated from her family, beloved La Panderia kitchen, and left to confront her emotional inner turmoil with distant family. Lila finds solace in the neighborhood, with new friends and a friendly tea shop clerk, Orion. As a Cuban woman who spent most of her life visiting family in Miami, this book spoke to my soul. All the family narrative mimicked something that would be overheard at reunions or muttered through the neighborhood chismosas (gossipers). It was such a slice of my life, one that I haven’t been able to find in literature before. What brings it ...
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