Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies
- ISBN-10
- 0385474016
- ISBN-13
- 9780385474016
- Series
- Like Water for Chocolate
- Category
- Mexico
- Pages
- 260
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Author
- Laura Esquivel
Description
Despite the fact that she has fallen in love with a young man, Tita, the youngest of three daughters born to a tyrannical rancher, must obey tradition and remain single and at home to care for her mother. Reprint. Movie tie-in.
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