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791.43

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A woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family where the patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.

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When Flor and her daughter, Christina come to the United States, Flor gets a job as a maid at the home of a successful chef John Clasky, his insecure wife Deborah, their two children, and Deborah's mother. Despite Flor's lack of an English, she does the best she can to assist the Clasky family in more than just house cleaning matters. However, when Flor is forced to live with the family over the summer, she has no choice but to bring Christina along. Deborah, much to Flor's disliking, treats Christina much like her own and at the same time she hurts the feelings of her own daughter, Bernice. When John's dreams begin to unravel, he begins to feel like his whole world is coming down around him. Told through Christina's college letter to Princeton University, Christina learns that things come and go in life, but family is the most important thing a person can have.… (more)

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LibraryThing member unclebob53703
Always thought Sandler was the asshole in his movies, then turning sweet in the last fifteen minutes. Turns out the sweet is him and the asshole is the acting. This is a winning romantic comedy with wonderful performances all around, and Cloris Leachman steals every scene she's in. Another winner
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from James Brooks.
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Original publication date

2004
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