"New York (N.Y.)" . . . . "Philippines" . . . . . . . . "Fiction" . . . . . . . . . . . "A high-society woman from the Philippines flees an abusive husband for the United States, where she becomes an illegal maid. The story is told by the daughter who joins her mother to convince her to return. A first novel." . "Bildungsromane" . "Always hiding : a novel" .