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Tras Como agua para chocolate, una de las novelas más entrañables de todos los tiempos, vuelve Laura Esquivel con una poderosa alegoría de la libertad de las mujeres.Mi negro pasado, continuación de Como agua para chocolate, es una defensa de la independencia femenina y la mejor receta contra los males de nuestros días: el desarraigo, la obesidad y el consumismo vacío.María, adicta a la comida, sufre el injusto fin de su matrimonio en mitad de una avalancha de reproches racistas y machistas. Deshecha, recibe de manos de Lucía, su abuela por mucho tiempo ausente, el diario de Tita. Al adentrarse en él, descubrirá insospechados secretos familiares, la capacidad del espíritu humano para volar alto gracias a la alquimia que transforma los ingredientes naturales en alimento y un sentido de pertenencia jamás experimentado.La voz de María, de la misma estirpe guerrera que las mujeres De la Garza, continuará tejiend

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Text in Arabic. A highly original novel by one of Mexicos most important storytellers, Kal Maa Lil-Shukulatas chapters each start with a traditional northern Mexican recipe. Cooking is the exclusive means of expression open to the female protagonist, who does not conform to the limited role that both society and her family have given her. Tita is trapped in a destiny predetermined at birth: family tradition dictates that the youngest daughter must renounce marriage and devote herself to the care of her mother. Tita, however, is passionately in love with Pedro, her eldest sisters husband.

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THE INTOXICATING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ABOUT LOVE, COOKING AND MAGIC. PERFECT FOR FANS OF JOANNE HARRIS AND ISABEL ALLENDE.'This magical, mythical, moving story of love, sacrifice and summering sensuality is something I will savour for a long time' MAUREEN LIPMANLike Water For Chocolate tells the captivating story of the De la Garza family. As the youngest daughter, Tita is forbidden by Mexican tradition to marry. Instead, she pours all of her emotions into her delicious recipes, which she shares with readers along the way.When Tita falls in love with Pedro, he is seduced by the magical food she cooks. Unfortunately, he's married to her sister...Filled with recipes, longing and bittersweet humour, this charming story of one family's life in turn-of-the-century Mexico has captivated readers all over the world and was made into an award-winning film.'A joy... Has an energetic charm that's quite impossible to resist' LITERARY REVIEW'An epic love story with recipes and a sprinkling of magical realism' WASHINGTON POST'Enchanting...an open-eyed fairy story complete with ugly sister' BARBARA TRAPIDO'A Mexican culinary romance to make the mouth water' SHE'Ingenious' INDEPENDENT

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