Sari-Sari Summers | Lynnor Bontigao knick knackies + apparel + bags beloved by generations of readers

beloved by generations of readers and listeners

Selection Longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction

they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined

whose attractive but surly son

Sari-Sari Summers | Lynnor Bontigao knick knackies + apparel + bags beloved by generations of readersIn this love letter to the Philippines (and to grandmothers), a young girl comes up with a brilliantly delicious way to attract customers after a heat wave leaves her lola's store empty. Nora loves spending summers with Lola at her sari sari store, a treasure trove filled with everything you could need, from hair accessories to toys, creamy yema to sour tamarind candy. And this year, Nora is big enough to help her grandmother. But when a heat wave