Took me a while to figure out what this was about, because I thought it had to do with the relationship between Haiti and DR, but it didn't. Good story about three generations of Dominican women -- I could see my grandmother, my aunts/mothers/father oddly enough, and cousins reflected in each woman presented. Had a slow start and felt like Leila's story was rushed compared to Mercedes' and definitely compared to Graciela's. Conflicted between 3 stars or 4, but I'll give it 4. Biggest problem: didn't like how the women's narratives were centered on the men present or absent from their lives. There is more. We are more. Also super interesting how she uses ""s when people talk in English but — when people talk in Spanish.