A Novel in Monthly Installments, With Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies by Laura Esquivel (translated by Thomas Christensen and Carol Christensen)Being the youngest, Tita must give up her true love, Pedro, in order to take care of her tyrannical mother. Pedro marries her sister, Rosaura, to be near Tita, while Tita expresses her joys and sorrows through her cooking.
Hispanic literature is full of fantasy and drama, and this story is no exception. The reader must suspend belief and understand the culture in order to appreciate this story. That being said, it is an exceptional tale of broken hearts and rigid obedience, along with a bit of redemption for some of the characters in the end. If someone doesn't "get" this book, it's probably because they are trying to take these characters out of turn-of-the-century Mexico. Women needed men for survival. Also, Latin temperaments are generally hot & mercurial, especially compared to white North Americans.
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