Brand New Memory

Gina Domingo lives in the world of southern California pop culture. Cuban-American by birth, Gina is less a multiculturalist than an omniculturalist, absorbing everything in her path. But her life with her overly-protective parents takes an unexpected turn when Gina’s paternal grandmother, Estela, visits.

Here is Gina's abuela—whom Gina hasn't seen since the family left Cuba—come to set the record straight. Now Gina’s entire range of experience, memories, and family truths begi…