Like Water for Chocolate (1989): Agency and autonomy via breaking tradition while literally eating your feelings
Book: Like Water for Chocolate (Spanish: Como agua para chocolate)
Author: Laura Esquivel
Year published: 1989
Approximate reading date: Spring 2009
"With every eye-opening recipe and heart-wrenching twist, we get a taste of the misery the characters face because of their susceptibility to the vicious perpetuation of tradition without reason."
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