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Name: The Mistress of Spices

Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Year: 1997
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Popularity: 3.4
Genres/categories: Fantasy, Award winners, Romance
Culture: India

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ISBN:
9781405073271
1405073276
Winner of the IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award in 1998.

Magical, tantalizing, and sensual, The Mistress of Spices is the story of Tilo, a young woman born in another time, in a faraway place, who is trained in the ancient art of spices and ordained as a mistress charged with special powers.  Once fully initiated in a rite of fire, the now immortal Tilo--in the gnarled and arthritic body of an old woman--travels through time to Oakland, California, where she opens a shop from which she administers spices as curatives to her customers.  An unexpected romance with a handsome stranger eventually forces her to choose between the supernatural life of an immortal and the vicissitudes of modern life.  Spellbinding and hypnotizing, The Mistress of Spices is a tale of joy and sorrow and one special woman's magical powers.
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