This is a book we've had for several years, and I am still a bit baffled at how much my children like it. The story proceeds through a series of small vignettes, the small tales of when-I-was-a-girl which the MC's mom tells her. Unexpected details (e.g. the mother always wanted to drink an entire can of condensed milk someday; her daughter asks, "Did you?" and she stops and thinks--no, she didn't) make this quiet book strangely compelling.