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Thirtysomething Flores and her mother, Paula, still live in the same Brooklyn apartment, but that may be the only thing they have in common. It’s been nearly three years since they lost beloved husband and father Martín, who had always been the bridge between them. One day, cleaning beneath his urn, Flores discovers a note written in her mother’s handwriting: Perdóname si te falle. Recuerda que siempre te quise. (“Forgive me if I failed you. Remember that I always loved you.”) But what would Paula need forgiveness for?

A stunning debut novel about a young undocumented Peruvian woman fighting to keep her family afloat in New York City. Ana Falcón, along with her husband, Lucho, and their two young children, has fled the economic and political strife of Peru for a chance at a new life in New York City in the 1990s. Being undocumented, however, has significantly curtailed the family’s opportunities: Ana is indebted to a loan shark who calls herself Mama and is stretched thin by unceasing shifts at her factory job.

Ana Falcón, junto con su esposo Lucho y sus dos hijos pequeños, huyeron de la lucha económica y política del Perú en busca de una nueva vida en la ciudad de Nueva York en la década de los 90. Sin embargo, al ser una inmigrante indocumentada, sus oportunidades se ven reducidas. En poco tiempo, Ana se encuentra endeudada con una prestamista que se hace llamar Mamá, y sus largos turnos de trabajo en la fábrica son cada vez más extenuantes.