room to see if there would be an answer. Her father had a strict order, for them to keep their doors locked, the noise down, and themselves to themselves.
Judith’s father’s obsession was to get them out of the barrio but living in El Building was a comfort to her mother, who never got over yearning for la isla. Inspite of her father’s order, her mother would take them to La Bodega, a grocery store across the street from El Building. She buys all her Goya beans, soups and other condiments there and…
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