Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies
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Author:
Esquivel, Laura
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Like water for chocolate volume 1.
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2002
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08/13/2002
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English
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9781400032778
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Lexile measure:
1030

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Laura Esquivel. (2002). Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

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Laura Esquivel. 2002. Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments With Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

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Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments With Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2002.

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Laura Esquivel. Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments With Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2002.

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