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Not your average protagonist, Tita's born prematurely on a kitchen table. Her knowledge is based...
Ever seen Mommy Dearest? If you haven't, imagine the scariest, most violent and unjust mother you...
Rosaura, Rosaura, Rosaura. What exactly are we supposed to feel for this woman? Sympathy?...
Rebel without a cause? Middle child issues? Whatever she's got, she's got it bad. The way we see...
What to say about this man? Tita's true love, Rosaura's unfaithful husband, father of Roberto and...
Although she's not around for much of the book, Nacha is a driving force behind Tita's strong...
You gotta be careful what you say around Chencha; while she's nice enough, she's a huge...
The lone gringo in the novel, he's definitely a prime example of "nice guys finish last." He...
Pedro's father doesn't understand why Pedro agrees to marry Rosaura. He thinks true love and the...
We think it's no coincidence that Paquita's last name means "wolf" in English. For some reason,...
Captain of the rebel forces in Mexico, local Don Juan, and capturer of Gertrudis's virginity and...
The firstborn of Pedro and Rosaura, poor kid doesn't live very long. He dies because of eating...
Son of Dr. Brown, he marries Esperanza and is the father of the narrator.
Mama E's real love, he is the product of an illicit love affair between the elder Jose Trevino...
Tita's father and Mama E's husband who she is forced to marry instead of Jose. When he finds out...
Niece of Tita, second child of Rosaura and Pedro, born 3 months premature, just like Tita. She is...
Spiritual healer, Kikapu Indian and another example of Indigenous women being given a hard time....
John's grandpa captures Morning Light and takes her to Texas to be his wife. Just about as...
John's great-grandparents.
In Gertrudis's troop, he's in love with her but loses her to Juan. His sister and mother were...
Aunt Mary comes from Pennsylvania to attend John and Tita's wedding. She loves Tita's beans.
Tita's teacher as a child, who was said to have been a widow at 18 with a baby, and eventually...
The wet nurse hired to feed Roberto when Rosaura can't produce milk. Unfortunately, she is soon...
This guy shows up at all the important ceremonies of the De la Garza family and agrees with...
They all work on the ranch.
She is the seventy-year-old North American who cooks for the doctor and takes care of his son, Alex.
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