Strawberry Fields Forever brings together seven short stories and a short novel. The title novel chronicles the life of a young, upper-class woman from Guadalajara, from her childhood to her adulthood, in a learning cycle that leads her to search for a home of her own where she can begin a truly adult life, one for herself, in solitude. The stories explore themes such as friendship, love, infidelity, youthful dreams, and illness; brief, intimate portraits of human relationships that become lost illusions, described as lights and shadows. These stories showcase the mastery of the author of The Crossbow of God, The Other Shore, and Journey, among other books, distinguishing him as one of the most outstanding Mexican storytellers today.