Miriam is a bit irritated by this but is really thrown for a loop when, within weeks of moving to Miami, Robert announces he’s taken a new job with a land acquisitions and development company owned by Juliet’s father – a job that doesn’t fit with Robert’s environmental interests. Also, while Miriam is unpacking, setting up the house, and taking care of little Manny, Robert is golfing and meeting friends at the country club – including his old high school girlfriend Juliet. Miriam and Robert’s new home in classy Coral Shores is only blocks away from Robert’s parents, and Robert’s mother Marjory – an upper-class snob who thinks Miriam isn’t good enough for her son – constantly drops by and criticizes her daughter-in-law. Though Miriam is happy to be back in Miami, close to her native Latin community and her best friend Alma Diaz, things aren’t all rosy. in food anthropology – plans to write a book about the Caribbean kitchen and its importance in retaining cultural identity. Little Manny is now four years old, and the couple have moved back to Miami, where Robert has a job with the Department of Environmental Resources and Development, and Miriam – a Cuban-American with a Ph.D.
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