This is an extraordinary retelling of the passionate and tragic love between the conquistador Cortez and the Indian woman Malinalli, his interpreter during his conquest of the Aztecs. Malinalli's Indian tribe has been conquered by the warrior Aztecs. When
Laura Esquivel, author of the best-selling Like Water for Chocolate, sets aside her fiction writing to explore the role of emotions in our lives through this inquisitive and entertaining book. She delves into such questions as why we live in a time where
Lupita’s hard-knock life has gotten the better of her time and time again. A childhood robbed of innocence set off a chain of events that she still has not managed to control, no matter how hard she tries. Every time she thinks she has a handle on thing
