College junior Natividad “Nat” Torres feels like her life isn’t going anywhere. The ex who still takes her breath away keeps breaking her heart and the high school she teaches in reassigns her because she isn’t living up to her potential (or so they say). But one day, when clearing out her lola’s dusty basement, Nat chances upon letters from her lola’s sister, the one she was named after. The one she has always been fascinated by. The one she has never met. These letters were written when Lola Natividad was in her twenties in the 1950s, when the world was completely different from the world young Nat now lives in. In these letters, Nat not only finds the painfully romantic story of her lola’s past, but the courage to become the strong, courageous woman she used to doubt exists inside her. Alongside her family, friends, and a very cute boy named Luis, Nat learns that the best place to find herself is with family—thanks to her lola’s love letters.
Published in 2024.