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"'like water for hot chocolate' -- she was on the verge of boiling over." (loc 1373)
A love triangle. A woman in Mexico in the late nineteenth century. Revolutionary soldiers gallop past the ranch. The kitchen is full of textures, smells and tastes. The woman is torn between her passion for her flake of a brother-in-law who is under the sway of the tyrannical badass matriarch of the house and has the moral spine of an earthworm, and her grateful affection for a responsible, kind and generous man ...more
A love triangle. A woman in Mexico in the late nineteenth century. Revolutionary soldiers gallop past the ranch. The kitchen is full of textures, smells and tastes. The woman is torn between her passion for her flake of a brother-in-law who is under the sway of the tyrannical badass matriarch of the house and has the moral spine of an earthworm, and her grateful affection for a responsible, kind and generous man ...more
I thoroughly enjoyed this gem of a book. It is creatively written, sensual, magical, and original.
This is the story of Tita, and her journey to overcome the obstacles in her life that keep her from experiencing unbridled passion in its fullest. She is born into a traditional Mexican home, where her mother insists that she carry out the duties of the youngest daughter, as dictated by tradition. That is, she must put aside all hope to marry, for her destiny is to take care of her mother into her o ...more
This is the story of Tita, and her journey to overcome the obstacles in her life that keep her from experiencing unbridled passion in its fullest. She is born into a traditional Mexican home, where her mother insists that she carry out the duties of the youngest daughter, as dictated by tradition. That is, she must put aside all hope to marry, for her destiny is to take care of her mother into her o ...more
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Also read 10/7/08
Started out slowly, but grew to enjoy the stories and tales in this book.
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it was amazing
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