Peppered with recipes, remedies and folky digressions, this novel is a treat. The heroine of this fantastical love story, Tita, the youngest of three Mexican daughters, is expected to devote her life to her widowed mother. When her lo...

The author of LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE imagines the life of the notorious historical figure Malinche, or Malinalli, a slave to the Aztecs who became interpreter and lover to Hernan Cortes, and who witnessed (and, in a certain sense, f...