Marisa Varela

AJ Manglehorn is an aging, ordinary guy in a small town. He nurses his sick cat, squeezes out a conversation with the local bank teller every Friday, and eats at the same place every day. But there is more to Manglehorn than meets the eye: he’s an ex-con who, 40 years ago, gave up the woman of his dreams for a big ‘job’. After a dramatic effort to start over, Manglehorn faces a terrifying moment and is unmasked as a guy with a very, very dark past.

It chronicles the lives of 20 Spanish-speaking women from various countries, tracing the permissions they had to ask for—simply "because they were WOMEN"—and the milestones they have achieved. Spanning a century of history, the women range in age from 8 to 95; they talk about everything and dream of even more.

The daily life of a couple in a coastal town in Puerto Rico changes upon the arrival of an old friend whom they believed had perished in Vietnam. At the same time, a writer moves into the town and upsets everyone’s routine.