The book heavily focuses on 12 year old Nenita, her small neighborhood, and the various people that live around her over the course of a summer. Portrayed through the nostalgic lens of our narrator, people are the heart of this book as well as Nenita's honestly heartbreaking relationship with her family, especially with her mother. I must say, this is one of those books that are tied together by food as a love language and that's something that's ever present in asian households and communities such as this one. As I finish the book, I keep wanting to find out more about these people and follow more of Nenita's life.