The metaphors used to connect the two stories and made it a bed time story for her two daughters, resembling Tala (the goddess of the stars) and Mayari (the goddess of the moon) set an overall warm tone of the book. Like if you were to describe it by choosing a color, it would be ember, painting an early dusk. It's coming home, but it's also longing, and saying farewell. It's about motherhood, about becoming one, and forgiving, and leaving the country that birthed you.

It's so nostalgic because they also sang bahay kubo. It's a book that you can just pick up when you're in good mood, and can appreciate a little sweetness.