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The Joy Luck Club
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ISBN10: 0399134204
ISBN13: 9780399134203
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: Mar 22 1989
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.25
Height: 1.09 Width: 6.27 Depth: 9.32
Language: English
Awards: National Book Awards
ISBN13: 9780399134203
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: Mar 22 1989
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.25
Height: 1.09 Width: 6.27 Depth: 9.32
Language: English
Awards: National Book Awards
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Amy Tan's modern classic that examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters For me, [The Joy Luck Club] was one of those once-in-a-lifetime reading experiences that you cherish forever. It inspired me as a writer and still remains hugely inspirational.--Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians Brilliant.--The Washington Post Book World
A jewel of a book.--The New York Times Book Review
Amy Tan [is] a writer of dazzling talent.--Chicago Tribune In 1949, four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to play mah jong, remember the past, and gossip into the night. United in unspeakable loss and new hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the memories that display these women's strength, worries, and determination. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. Mothers boast or despair over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes even as they feel the inextricable tightening of the matriarchal ties that they believe have stymied their ability to face the uncertainties of the future. Intimate and moving, The Joy Luck Club shows us how the inheritance of pain and unspoken secrets can lead to misunderstanding--and yet how love can still offer the promise of reconciliation.
Amy Tan [is] a writer of dazzling talent.--Chicago Tribune In 1949, four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to play mah jong, remember the past, and gossip into the night. United in unspeakable loss and new hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the memories that display these women's strength, worries, and determination. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. Mothers boast or despair over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes even as they feel the inextricable tightening of the matriarchal ties that they believe have stymied their ability to face the uncertainties of the future. Intimate and moving, The Joy Luck Club shows us how the inheritance of pain and unspoken secrets can lead to misunderstanding--and yet how love can still offer the promise of reconciliation.
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