First published in the Philippines in 1995, this 2020 US Edition of Acapulco at Sunset and Other Stories collects seventeen stories inspired by the author Cecilia Manguerra Brainard’s Filipino and Filipino American experiences; the short stories are grouped into four categories: Long Ago Tales, Stories from the ‘60s and ‘70s, Stories from the ‘90s, and American Tales. The poet Marjorie Evasco praises the book saying: “The stories of Cecilia Manguerra Brainard tell of voyages the heart could have taken, of places haunted by old memories like ghosts lingering under an ancient mango tree, of times seemingly irretrievable but always there at the farthest end of the thread of remembering”.