Sunset Park, Brooklyn

Sunset Park is the neighborhood in South Brooklyn where Olga and Prieto grow up with their family. They live in their grandmother's house, which she saves to buy when they are children. After Olga attends college and starts her own business, she moves out of Sunset Park. In the narrative present, she often misses the old neighborhood. Once she returns to visit her family, she is surprised by how gentrified and developed the place has become. When she asks her brother about these changes, he dismisses her. Throughout the novel, Olga and Prieto often long for the old neighborhood and the way it represented their cultural background.

Family House

The Acevedo family house is located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The house initially belonged to Olga and Prieto's grandmother. After her death, she passed the house to Olga. She believed that if only one person inherited the...