I don't know how Like Water for Chocolate ever was able to get past me for almost twenty years, since it was published in the early 90's, but it's made its place on my favorites list. It's charming, funny, sad and heartfelt, with characters you immediately fall in love with and start rooting for or you turn on them in the beginning and hate them the rest of the book. It's a kind of Mexican fairy tale - a combination of traditional Mexican dishes and the magical things they create when the characters eat them. It's a bit of tall tale too - when the main character is born, Tita, who cried the entire time she was in her mother's womb, she "literally washed into this world on a great tide of tears that spilled over the edge of the table and flooded across the floor." Laura Esquivel writes with beautiful imagery all throughout the story, while the reader learns that Tita's fate, being the youngest daughter, is to take care of her tyrant mother until she dies, unable to marry. Tita falls in love and the events that ensue are like a soap opera - meaning, you will not be able to put this book down. Do not miss the opportunity to revel in this wonderful tale![Photo: www.bookswim.com]
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