TY - BOOK AU - Collins,Anne AU - Divakaruni,Chitra Banerjee TI - The mistress of spices T2 - Macmillan readers SN - 1405073276 AV - PE1127.L6 U1 - 428.6 PY - 2005/// CY - London PB - Macmillan Education KW - Spices KW - Fiction KW - East Indians KW - California KW - Oakland KW - Women immigrants KW - Readers for new literates KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Readers (Adult) KW - Reading (Adult education) KW - Oakland (Calif.) KW - Love stories KW - Fantasy fiction N1 - "American English"--Page 4 of cover; This version of The mistress of spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni was retold by Anne Collins for Macmillan Readers N2 - A magic realism tale on Tilo, a woman from India who is given immortality by the gods as long as she remains chaste. In her old age Tilo ends up in California, running a spice shop and helping immigrants. One day enters Raven, a handsome American, and Tilo transforms herself into a beautiful woman for a night of love. Now she must pay the price ER -