Press Release
Just in time for the holiday season, award-winning author Laura Esquivel brings the next chapter of international best-seller Like Water for Chocolate to life with the introduction of two books to expand the story into a trilogy collection. Tita’s Diary, the second book, takes an intimate look at the life of the best-selling novel’s main character, who embodies love, passion, and the communication of emotions through food in early 20th Century México. The Colors of My Past, the third book is an ode to female independence and centers around Maria who reconnects with her roots and family traditions after discovering Tita’s Diary.
So, I began to write a sequel in the present day, centered on María–a descendant of the De La Garza family– who has lost her ancestor’s magic connection to food and cooking and instead has an eating disorder and lives an unhealthy life. It’s Maria who finds Tita’s Diary–the only thing to survive the Ranch fire– and through it finds her way back to a different way of relating to planting, harvesting, cooking, sharing meals…and then I decided that Tita’s Diary should be its own book, because it could possibly heal others as it heals María.”
This year brings the addition of two books completing to the trilogy. Tita’s Diary and The Colors of My Past are now available both in eBook and Paperback format from Amazon. The release comes at the same time as the announcement of the development of a Like Water for Chocolate musical with original music by Grammy Award-winning Latin group La Santa Cecilia, lyrics by La Santa Cecilia and Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegría Hudes (In the Heights) and a book by Lisa Loomer. Like Water for Chocolate will be directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer. A preview of the original score is available at www.broadwaycares.org.
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