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Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel: what a wonderful book this was! It was very short (I read it in one day), but absolutely engrossing from the start. A fabulous mixture of love, romance, fairy tale, and recipes.
The book tells the story of Mama Elena and her three daughters - Rosaura, Gertrudis, and Tita, the youngest. When Tita turns fifteen she wishes to be married, but family tradition dictates that the youngest daughter must never marry and look after her mother until the day she dies. Pedro, the boy in love with Tita, in turn marries Rosaura so he can be near the woman he loves. This leads to all sorts of complications and events that no one could predict.
The novel has the same sort of feel as Alice Hoffman's Practical Magic. For example, the sadness of that Tita feels while cooking causes an entire wedding party to experience longing and unhappiness simply by eating her food.
I also enjoyed that included in each chapter was a recipe for the dish that was being prepared. I'm not a cook, but I found it fascinating nonetheless.
Simply put, this is a fairy tale of life in Mexico that anyone can relate to. It's simply delicious and should be read by all.
(Finished on August 5, 2003 for Zuly’s Reading Room.)
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Oh I'm so glad you enjoyed this book! I read it in spanish once upon a time and I just loved it. If you haven't seen the movie, you might enjoy that as well =)
.: Nicole said on August 5, 2003 06:02 PM :: link it :.i've never read the book, but i saw the film many years ago, and i enjoyed that immensely. i think i still have the vhs in my closet somewhere ...
.: heidiologies said on August 5, 2003 11:08 PM :: link it :.I haven't read many books in my adult life, but I too read this in one day and fell in love with it. Go rent the movie, it's excellent too.
.: Jessica Parker said on August 8, 2003 05:46 PM :: link it :.the book was great it made me cry at every unexpected moment. It was wonderful and recomend it to any one.
I really liked the book Like Water for Chocolate. It related to my life. I love all of Laura Esquivel books. I will reccomended to anyone.
.: Stephanie said on March 18, 2004 03:25 PM :: link it :.this novel was great, everything was great, the recipes, the magical realism, and boy the romance was good too. Reading the passion these two people carried made me feel like it was me there having sex.
.: laura said on August 15, 2004 01:39 AM :: link it :. 
I haven't read the book yet but my professor summarized the story in my class and it's great! I'm going to read it after I finish reading the book I'm reading right now.....=)
.: mac said on September 20, 2005 02:08 AM :: link it :.You're too early! Come back at August 5, 2003 05:54 PM to see this post.
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