Read the excerpt from The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez. Mamá sat on my bed and started brushing my hair. "I know staying home is hard, but you and your brother have been very good.” She reached over and put the silver-handled brush back on my vanity.I bit my lip and looked down."You’re growing up right before my eyes. In a few months, you’ll have your quinces and a year after that I’ll be chaperoning you on dates.” Mamá gave me a little squeeze. "Seems like only yesterday your grandmother, God rest her soul, was chaperoning your father and me.”