A hauntingly understated love story, set in small town America, that stays with you long after you've reluctantly finished reading the final page

We all dream of the chance meeting, that moment when we feel we are really living. Waller shows us that it can happen, with compelling assurance

It's a joy... it has an energetic charm that's quite impossible to resist

If originality, a compelling tale and an adventure in the kitchen are what you crave, Like Water For Chocolate serves up the full helping

A wondrous, romantic tale, fuelled by mystery and superstitition as well as by the recipes that introduce each chapter

Exuberant... for those who like their wines full-bodied and their meals rich and zesty... earthly secrets of strength, suffering, passion and cooking in a humorous and well-drawn portrait of a woman who loves as well as she cooks

Subverts macho morality with refreshingly unexpected narrative twists magical realism... pacing that rivals Romancing the Stone

An enchanting book, an open-eyed fairy story

Wonderful... hard to put down... it is rare to come across a book so unusual