"You can never be sure about the destination of first love. Yes, poetry in the guise of storytelling. all these ruminations, juxtaposed with the myths and metaphors of local cuisine, evidenced to Merlinda Bobis's unquestionable knack for storytelling. How she missed the sound of her nickname, how she longed for Manolito's twin guavas, how she played complicit in the scandals of the street, how she despaired for the salvific smile of her mother who took her as a precursory plague, how she wished that eruptions were not part of one's childhood. I shred the tiny exhalation, be it elated or mournful, believing it is hiding there." In Banana Heart Summer (2020 reprint, Anvil), Nenita recalls how her keen interest in the infinite possibilities of chilies and coconut milk brought her to the many realizations a twelve-year-old girl was not fully ready to accept and conquer. 165: "Some sweet is always tucked into a sigh.
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