Novels Plot Summary 287: Like Water for Chocolate

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"Like Water for Chocolate" by Laura Esquivel was first published in Spanish language as "Como agua para chocolate" in 1989. The story revolves around a young girl named Tita.

Throughout her life she longs to marry her lover, Pedro, but she can't do that because the family tradition does not allow the youngest daughter to get married because she is supposed to take care of her mother until the day of her death.