"Jessica Russo knows nothing about her mother's family or Cuban culture. Every time she's asked about it, her mother has shut down. But when the Cuban grandmother she's never met sends her right-hand man, Luis, to offer Jessica the chance to come to Miami and meet her estranged family, she can't help but say yes, even as she knows it will pain her mother. The woman that Jessica meets is nothing like what she expected. Her grandmother is successful, intelligent, determined, and all too willing to take blame for what has happened to cause the estrangement, and, more importantly, to try to set things right. As days with her grandmother turn to weeks, Jessica is determined to find a way to heal her fractured family. With the help of Luis, Jessica discovers a strength within herself and learns what it means to embrace the many facets of her identity"--Back cover.