Like Water for Chocolate

Like Water For Chocolate is a fantasy-type love story. It teaches a lot about family life in Mexico, the country where it took place. The owner of the De la Garza ranch where the family lived was Mama Elena, who raised three daughters on her own because her husband had died. Tita, the youngest daughter and main character, was the youngest of the three and a wonderful cook. Tita was the narrator's great-aunt, so the …

…Esquirel had a very unique way of dividing up the chapters. Every chapter is named with a different month of the year, so there are twelve chapters in all. Like Water For Chocolate is definitely unlike any book that you have read before. It keeps you interested, making you never want to put the book down. You should definitely read this number-one bestseller in Mexico in 1990, that was translated into English for our reading enjoyment.