FMV Book Club's March Meeting: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Name: FMV Book Club's March Meeting: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Start: 2025-03-31T18:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-03-31T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Bergen Assembly

Schedule

Mon Mar 31 2025 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Bergen Assembly | Bergen, HO

Welcome to March’s FMV Book Club meeting, celebrating Women’s History Month!
🌟 March's Book Pick: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
About the book:
Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico became a best-selling phenomenon with its winning blend of poignant romance and bittersweet wit.
The number one bestseller in Mexico and America for almost two years, and subsequently a bestseller around the world, Like Water For Chocolate is a romantic, poignant tale, touched with moments of magic, graphic earthiness, bittersweet wit - and recipes.
A sumptuous feast of a novel, it relates the bizarre history of the all-female De La Garza family. Tita, the youngest daughter of the house, has been forbidden to marry, condemned by Mexican tradition to look after her mother until she dies. But Tita falls in love with Pedro, and he is seduced by the magical food she cooks. In desperation, Pedro marries her sister Rosaura so that he can stay close to her, so that Tita and Pedro are forced to circle each other in unconsummated passion. Only a freakish chain of tragedies, bad luck and fate finally reunite them against all the odds.
📚 Special Offer:
Our team member Rodolfo Baldinotti can help you order the book through Norli Strandgaten bookstore.
To use this offer, send an email until the 16th of February to [email protected] with your full name and contact information.
Rodolfo will share your details with the bookstore, and you’ll be notified when your copy is ready for pick-up (payment directly at the store).
Haven't read the book? Come anyway!
Our meetings are about meaningful conversations inspired by the book's themes. Feel free to read up on the topic and join us for great discussions—and bring a friend!
📌 Join our book club here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/382802586790525