Abuelita's Magical Molcajete - by Molé Mama (Paperback)

About the Book

Maria Ybarra's abuelita and tias, nine meddling, ill-tempered, sassy, cigar-smoking, tequila-drinking, tech-savvy unstoppable ghosts, teach her to cook their Mexican family recipes, rebuild her life, and find true love in sunny San Diego.

Book Synopsis

Abuelita's Magical Molcajete is a fun, magical, heartwarming romance, filled with delicious Mexican food and hope! The characters beam with sass, imperfection, wisdom, and love and will have you longing to connect with family and friends. It may also drive you to launch new cooking clubs where you'll spend countless hours making family recipes with multi-generational, cross-cultural friends and family, eat countless pink conchas and fluffy flour tortillas, host a tamalada, and purchase a molcajete. Marisol, our protagonist's twin sister, summarizes the story in the following paragraphs.

A magical molcajete, nine meddling ghosts, a grieving spinster, and fluffy flour tortillas in sunny San Diego are the main ingredients in this mostly true story of how my twin sister found true love after I, well, I died.

Dr. Maria Ybarra, my beautiful, 42 year old brilliant twin sister, was a hot mess after my fatal accident. She could barely teach her university classes, spoke to her dancing dogs non-stop, and saw no one socially but our big brother. He's also a brainiac plastic surgeon who stepped up to help her, but this job was even too big for him.

Maria needed heavenly intervention, and thankfully, my Abuelita and Tias took on her case. They have some impressive connections here in the afterlife and got clearance and approvals in record time. My Abuelita and Tias are sassy, tech savvy, sometimes ill-tempered, tequila drinking, cigar-smoking cooking divas, and they're unstoppable.

Okay, pour yourself a margarita, grab a pink concha or two, and put on salsa music. You might also need a few tissues, and Maria will take over from here and give you every juicy detail of her story.

Review Quotes

Do you need a little magic in your life? If you answered yes, and of course, why wouldn't you? Then you found it in Molé Mama's newest book, Abuelita's Magical Molcajete. You know, when you are looking for that story, the one that grabs you. Maybe it's about love, grief, family, food, romance, ghosts and magic. You can't quite name it, but you know you need it as soon as you turn the pages. Abuelita's Magical Molcajete is that kind of story. It makes you feel warm and cozy, and you wish you had your ghost aunties to visit you in your kitchen to share their stories of family, love, loss, grief, and cherished family recipes.

Abuelita's Magical Molcajete will have you laughing out loud, crying, and rooting for the beloved protagonist, Maria, as we become part of her journey. When you hear, "a magical molcajete, nine meddling ghosts, a grieving spinster, and fluffy flour tortillas," how can you not be spellcast?

Melisa Caprio, author of Postcards to the Universe, Harness the Universe's Power and Manifest Your Dreams