Julia’s strict, overbearing mother has very firm ideas about who her daughter should be—ideas that Julia doesn’t understand, respect, or accept at all. For Amá, a housecleaner whose years of hard labor have taken a toll on her once-great physical beauty, a “perfect Mexican daughter” should aspire to marry well, work a job in an office, and spend time with her family—not run away to New York to become a writer. Amá constantly tries to press Julia into a certain mold—feminine, obliging, and family-oriented—but the rebellious, ambitious Julia resists her at every turn.
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