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Mi negro pasado
2017
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Like Water for Chocolate trilogy is an ode to feminine independence and the best recipe for the maladies of our estrangement, eating disorders, social media. María, addicted to food, is abandoned by her husband after the birth of their first child. In the midst of an avalanche of racist and sexist attacks, she is rescued by her estranged grandmother Lucía, who leads her to discover Tita's Diary . Through this historic document, María is able to reconnect with her roots and discover family secrets as she dives into a world of alchemy and transformation of the natural world that she had never experienced before. The Colors of My Past is a novel that will not leave any reader indifferent, an epic of several generations of free and passionate women who never back down in the face of adversity. Includes original soundtrack to enhance your reading experience by scanning the QR codes in each chapter.

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Laura Esquivel
Laura Esquivel
Author · 12 books
A teacher by trade, Laura Esquivel gained international attention with Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances and Home Remedies and The Law of Love. In both books she manages to incorporate her teaching abilities by giving her readers lessons about life. During an on-line Salon interview with Joan Smith, she said, "As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self understanding and this is something that can't be taught." With the intensity of a committed teacher incorporating glitzy stunts into the curriculum to get the attention of her students, Esquivel took a bold step when she incorporated multimedia in The Law of Love by combining her science fiction, new age, and spiritual story with a CD of arias by Puccini and Mexican danzones, and forty-eight pages of illustrations by a Spanish artist.
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