Coconuts for the Saint

by Debra Spark

Book Overview

Maria Elena has given up on men until she faints on the blue cobblestone streets of Old San Juan. What she needs is sugar; what she gets is an abandoned wedding cake, a mysterious baker, and his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571198465
• ISBN13: 9780571198467
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Highly recommend this rich novel.

I first read Coconuts for the Saint about four years ago and loved its magical qualities, well-developed characters, and unique story. About a month ago, I decided to read it again after remembering how I enjoyed it years before. I was not disappointed. Spark's writing involves you in the story throughout the book so much that it will be hard to put it down. The reader is allowed into the lives of a variety of characters in the lush world of a Puerto Rico bakery, where people are as wonderful and flawed as those in the real world. There is something almost musical about this novel in the way that the people and events flow and interact with one another. I highly recommend this book.