While most of the novel is set in modern times, one character spends a section of the novel reflecting on her life when she was living in Havana, Cuba immediately before and after Fidel Castro's Revolution of Cuba in 1959.
Most of the novel occurs in contemporary times, yet one character dedicates a section to thinking back on her life when she was living in Havana, Cuba, immediately preceding and succeeding Fidel Castro's 1959 Cuban Revolution.