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* ShoeSizeAngst: Clarissa's new maid, Xochitl, has never worn shoes in her life. Her feet are too big for anything available in women's shoes and Clarissa would rather die rather than have her maid appear barefoot in front of company. Fortunately Elvira finds a solution: Converse basketball shoes, men's size 16EEE.
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* DeadGuyJunior: Multiple examples. Clarissa and Aurelio name their children Álvaro and Elvira after her father and his paternal grandmother. Roque's son Enrique might qualify, after Roque's paternal grandfather Henri Vernet.
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** After [[spoiler: Adela dies, having put Aurelio in charge of the family]], Ulises feels like this.this.
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* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHsrmed: One whole chapter is dedicated to Chaguito's architect friend [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Wiechers_Pieretti Alfredo Wiechers]].
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* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHsrmed: NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: One whole chapter is dedicated to Chaguito's architect friend [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Wiechers_Pieretti Alfredo Wiechers]].
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* EthnicMenialLabor: Clarissa cannot find household help locally (she is a MeanBoss and there are better job opportunities out there). She hires a Guatemalan woman through an agency, but it does not occur to her that Xochil might be indigenous and is floored at the sight of her in traditional Mayan dress.
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''Eccentric Neighborhoods'' is a 1998 novel by Puerto Rican author Creator/RosarioFerre. It is set in Puerto Rico from the late 19th century to the late 1970s.
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''Eccentric Neighborhoods'' is a 1998 novel by Puerto Rican author Creator/RosarioFerre. It is set in Puerto Rico from the late 19th century to the late 1970s.
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* CastHerd: There's a reason the novel opens with not one but two genealogical charts:
** Alvaro Rivas de Santillana and Valeria Boffil and their children: Clarissa (Elvira's mother), Siglinda, Dido, Artemisa, Lakhmé and [[OddNameOut Alejandro]].
** Santiago Vernet and Adela Pasamontes and their children: Ulises, Aurelio (Elvira's father), Roque, Damián, Celia, and Amparo.
*** And of course, most of the children have families of their own.
** Alvaro Rivas de Santillana and Valeria Boffil and their children: Clarissa (Elvira's mother), Siglinda, Dido, Artemisa, Lakhmé and [[OddNameOut Alejandro]].
** Santiago Vernet and Adela Pasamontes and their children: Ulises, Aurelio (Elvira's father), Roque, Damián, Celia, and Amparo.
*** And of course, most of the children have families of their own.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There's a reason the novel opens with not one but two genealogical charts:
** Alvaro Rivas de Santillana and Valeria Boffil and their children: Clarissa (Elvira's mother), Siglinda, Dido, Artemisa, Lakhmé and [[OddNameOut Alejandro]].
** Santiago Vernet and Adela Pasamontes and their children: Ulises, Aurelio (Elvira's father), Roque, Damián, Celia, and Amparo.
*** And of course, most of the children have families of their own.
** Alvaro Rivas de Santillana and Valeria Boffil and their children: Clarissa (Elvira's mother), Siglinda, Dido, Artemisa, Lakhmé and [[OddNameOut Alejandro]].
** Santiago Vernet and Adela Pasamontes and their children: Ulises, Aurelio (Elvira's father), Roque, Damián, Celia, and Amparo.
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* FamilyBusiness: First, the Vernet Construction, then Star Cement.
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* MyBelovedSmother: Clarissa toward Elvira.
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* MyBelovedSmother: Clarissa toward Elvira. She forbids Elvira from enrolling in French immersion courses and living in a boarding house like her brother did, right after her husband gave permission. They don't tell her until the last minute.
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* SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: Roque feels left out because Ulises and Aurelio are the ones making all the decision at Star Cement.
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* SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: Roque feels left out because Ulises and Aurelio are the ones making all the decision decisions at Star Cement.
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** Alvaro Rivas de Santillana and Valeria Boffil and their children: Clarissa (Elvira's mother), Siglinda, Dido, Artemisa, Lakhmé and Alejandro.
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* OddNameOut: The Rivas de Santillana girls have names inspired by mythology and literature. However, Don Alvaro and Valeria name their only son after UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat.
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* ElderAbuse: When Chaguito becomes ill, everybody is relieved because his second wife, Brunhilda, is trained as a nurse. However, at nights, when it's time to bring him his bedpan, she tells him to hurry up so she can go back to bed, and pinches him in the arms to make him hurry up.
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* AdoptionIsNotAnOption: For Agripina and Damián, after they learn he is sterile.
* TheAtoner: Adela is horrified to find out that her sons are [[UsefulNotes Freemasons]] like Chaguito, and starts doing more charity work to atone for their sins.
* TheAtoner: Adela is horrified to find out that her sons are [[UsefulNotes Freemasons]] like Chaguito, and starts doing more charity work to atone for their sins.
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* AdoptionIsNotAnOption: For Agripina and Damián, after they learn he is sterile.
sterile. She is terrified an adopted child will have a birth defect.
* TheAtoner: Adela is horrified to find out that her sons are [[UsefulNotes Freemasons]] like Chaguito, and starts doing more charity work to atone for their sins. She also tries to convince her daughters to become nuns.
* TheAtoner: Adela is horrified to find out that her sons are [[UsefulNotes Freemasons]] like Chaguito, and starts doing more charity work to atone for their sins. She also tries to convince her daughters to become nuns.
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* FamilyBusiness: First, the Vernets' foundry, Vernet Construction, then Cementos Estrella.Star Cement.
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* MeanBoss: Clarissa treats the household help so poorly that nobody stays long. Her reputation spreads so far that she simply can't find help.
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* MeanBoss: Clarissa treats the household help so poorly that nobody stays long. Her reputation spreads so far that she simply can't find help.help in the poor neighborhoods like she used to, and has to resort to hiring a woman from Guatemala.
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* SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: Roque feels left because Ulises and Aurelio are the ones making all the decision at Cementos Estrella.
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* SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: Roque feels left out because Ulises and Aurelio are the ones making all the decision at Cementos Estrella.Star Cement.
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* TheAtoner: Adela is horrified to find out that her sons are UsefulNotes/Freemasons like Chaguito, and starts doing more charity work to atone for their sins.
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* GentleGiant: How Chaguito sees Adela. Until she finally [[RageBreakingPoint loses her patience with his careless spending]]. After that, he learns to [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere get out of her way]].
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Elvira Vernet is narrating the history of both branches of her family. On her maternal side, there's the Rivas de Santillana, the wealthy and cultured owners of a sugar plantation. And on her paternal side, there is the [[RagstoRiches Vernet]] family, descended from Cuban immigrant Santiago "Chaguito", who slowly make their fortune from industry.
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Elvira Vernet is narrating the history of both branches of her family. On her maternal side, there's the Rivas de Santillana, the wealthy and cultured owners of a sugar plantation. And on her paternal side, there is the [[RagstoRiches Vernet]] family, descended from Cuban immigrant Santiago "Chaguito", ("Chaguito"), who slowly make their fortune from industry.
* AdoptionIsNotAnOption: For Agripina and Damián, after they learn he is sterile.
* TheAtoner: Adela is horrified to find out that her sons are UsefulNotes/Freemasons like Chaguito, and starts doing more charity work to atone for their sins.
* AdoptionIsNotAnOption: For Agripina and Damián, after they learn he is sterile.
* TheAtoner: Adela is horrified to find out that her sons are UsefulNotes/Freemasons like Chaguito, and starts doing more charity work to atone for their sins.
* FamilyBusiness: First, the Vernets' foundry, then Cementos Estrella.
* GentleGiant: How Chaguito sees Adela. Until she finally [[RageBreakingPoint loses her patience with his careless spending]]. After that,
* GentleGiant: How Chaguito sees Adela. Until she finally [[RageBreakingPoint loses her patience with his careless spending]]. After that,
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** Santiago Vernet and Adela Pasamontes and their children: Ulises, Aurelio (Elvira's father), Roque, Damian, Damián, Celia, and Amparo.
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* ShedTheFamilyName: Downplayed. Clotilde, Roque's wife, has their sons use both her husband's and her last name together, Vernet Rosales, to set herself and them apart from the rest of the Vernets.
* SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: Roque feels left because Ulises and Aurelio are the ones making all the decision at Cementos Estrella.
* SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: Roque feels left because Ulises and Aurelio are the ones making all the decision at Cementos Estrella.
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Roque. Blanca de Montenegro, after a priest refuses to baptize her son (born out of wedlock) or administer Confession.
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** Santiago Vernet and Adelaide and their children: Ulises, Aurelio (Elvira's father), Roque, Damian, Celia, and Amparo.
* MeanBoss: Clarissa treats the household help so poorly that nobody stays long. Her reputation spreads to the point where she simply can't find help.
* MyBelovedSmother: Clarisa toward Elvira.
* MeanBoss: Clarissa treats the household help so poorly that nobody stays long. Her reputation spreads to the point where she simply can't find help.
* MyBelovedSmother: Clarisa toward Elvira.
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** Santiago Vernet and Adelaide Adela Pasamontes and their children: Ulises, Aurelio (Elvira's father), Roque, Damian, Celia, and Amparo.
*** And of course, most of the children have families of their own.
* MeanBoss: Clarissa treats the household help so poorly that nobody stays long. Her reputation spreadsto the point where so far that she simply can't find help.
* MyBelovedSmother:Clarisa Clarissa toward Elvira.Elvira.
* SecretOtherFamily: Despairing after his son Enrique's death, Roque starts a relationship with Titiba Menéndez, the seamstress who adjusts his shirts. Nobody finds out about them or their three sons until his funeral.
*** And of course, most of the children have families of their own.
* MeanBoss: Clarissa treats the household help so poorly that nobody stays long. Her reputation spreads
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* SecretOtherFamily: Despairing after his son Enrique's death, Roque starts a relationship with Titiba Menéndez, the seamstress who adjusts his shirts. Nobody finds out about them or their three sons until his funeral.
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** Venecia (Ulises's second wife) often compares her daughter Catalina unfavorably to Elvira, to he latter's chagrin.
** After [[spoiler: Adela dies after leaving Aurelio in charge]], Ulises feels like this.
** Venecia (Ulises's second wife) often compares her daughter Catalina unfavorably to Elvira, to he latter's chagrin.
** After [[spoiler: Adela dies after leaving Aurelio in charge]], Ulises feels like this.
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** Elvira, compared to her brother Alvaro.
Álvaro.
** Venecia (Ulises's second wife) often compares her daughter Catalina unfavorably to Elvira, tohe the latter's chagrin.
** After [[spoiler: Adeladies after leaving dies, having put Aurelio in charge]], charge of the family]], Ulises feels like this.
** Venecia (Ulises's second wife) often compares her daughter Catalina unfavorably to Elvira, to
** After [[spoiler: Adela
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** Alvaro Rivas de Santillana and Valeria Boffil and their children: Clarisa (Elvira's mother), Siglinda, Dido, Artemisa, Lakhmé, and Alejandro.
** Santiago Vernet and Adelaide and their children: Ulises, Aurelio (Elvira's father), Roque, Damian, Celia, and Amparo.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters:
** Alvaro Rivas de Santillana and Valeria Boffil and their children: Clarisa (Elvira's mother), Siglinda, Dido, Artemisa, Lakhmé, and Alejandro.
** Santiago Vernet and Adelaide and their children: Ulises, Aurelio (Elvira's father), Roque, Damian, Celia, and Amparo.
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* BoxingLesson: After being beaten up in school by his cousin, Alvaro takes some lessons and later fights back.
* DrivenToSuicide: Enrique and
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** Alvaro Rivas de Santillana and Valeria Boffil and their children:
** Santiago Vernet and Adelaide and their children: Ulises, Aurelio (Elvira's father), Roque, Damian, Celia, and
* MeanBoss: Clarissa treats the household help so poorly that nobody stays long. Her reputation spreads to the point where she simply can't find help.
* MyBelovedSmother: Clarisa toward Elvira.
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** Elvira, compared to her brother Alvaro.
** Venecia (Ulises's second wife) often compares her daughter Catalina unfavorably to Elvira, to he latter's chagrin.
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Eccentric Neighborhoods is a novel by Puerto Rican author Creator/RosarioFerre.
It tells the story of Elvira Vernet's family. On her maternal side, there's the Rivas de Santillana, the wealthy and cultured owners of a sugar plantation. And on her paternal side, there is the [[RagstoRiches Vernet]] family, descended from Cuban immigrant Santiago, who make their fortune from the cement industry.
It tells the story of Elvira Vernet's family. On her maternal side, there's the Rivas de Santillana, the wealthy and cultured owners of a sugar plantation. And on her paternal side, there is the [[RagstoRiches Vernet]] family, descended from Cuban immigrant Santiago, who make their fortune from the cement industry.
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** Alvaro Rivas de Santillana and Valeria Boffil and their children: Clarisa (Elvira's mother), Siglinda, Dido, Artemisa, Lakhmé, and Alejandro.
** Santiago Vernet and Adelaide and their children: Ulises, Aurelio (Elvira's father), Roque, Damian, Celia, and Amparo.
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Eccentric Neighborhoods is a novel by Puerto Rican author Creator/RosarioFerre.
It tells the story of Elvira Vernet's family. On her maternal side, there's the Rivas de Santillana, the wealthy and cultured owners of a sugar plantation. And on her paternal side, there is the [[RagstoRiches Vernet]] family, descended from Cuban immigrant Santiago, who make their fortune from the cement industry.
It tells the story of Elvira Vernet's family. On her maternal side, there's the Rivas de Santillana, the wealthy and cultured owners of a sugar plantation. And on her paternal side, there is the [[RagstoRiches Vernet]] family, descended from Cuban immigrant Santiago, who make their fortune from the cement industry.
