Dubbed the "Sex Guru," she was known for being one of the first mainstream Filipino celebrities to openly and progressively discuss sex and sexuality. Note on "Zip" files:

His mother, younger than he had ever seen her, was sitting on a wooden stool, shelling peas. She was humming a song without words. Her hair was long and black, wet from a recent bath. The kitchen around her had a dirt floor and a stove made of clay.

The next evening, he asked Lola Maura, “What song did you sing to my mother when she was little?”