![]() ![]() Only a freakish chain of tragedies, bad luck and fate finally reunite them against all the odds. In desperation Pedro marries her sister Rosaura so that he can stay close to her.įor the next twenty-two years Tita and Pedro are forced to circle each other in unconsummated passion. Tita, the youngest daughter of the house, has been forbidden to marry, condemned by Mexican tradition to look after her mother until she dies.īut Tita falls in love with Pedro, and he is seduced by the magical food she cooks. ![]() High point: Every time I get that ‘Yes’ Low point: Trying to get funding for personal projects. ![]() A sumptuous feast of a novel, it relates the bizarre history of the all-female De La Garza family. Influences: Ellen Kuras, Tim Walker, Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. The number one bestseller in Mexico and America for almost two years, and subsequently a bestseller around the world, Like Water For Chocolate is a romantic, poignant tale, touched with moments of magic, graphic earthiness, bittersweet wit – and recipes. In Like Water for Chocolate, Esquivel extends the religious-mythical themes of magic realism to the everyday world of the domestic realm of a female-dominated. Buy this book from .uk to support The Reading Agency and local bookshops at no additional cost to you. ![]()
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