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In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan's debut novel -- now widely regarded as a modern classic -- exam...

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Main Author: Tan, Amy
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Books, 2016.
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Chinese Americans > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Women > Societies and clubs > Fiction.
Reminiscing in old age > Fiction.
Chinese American women > Fiction.
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Summary:In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan's debut novel -- now widely regarded as a modern classic -- examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between these four women and their American-born daughters.
Physical Description:329 p.
ISBN:9780143129493
014312949X
Author Notes:Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California. She received B.A. degrees in English and linguistics and a master's degree in linguistics from San Jose State University. She worked as a freelance business writer, but eventually turned to fiction. Her first book, The Joy Luck Club, won the Commonwealth Gold Award and was adapted into a feature film in 1994. Her other novels include The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, Saving Fish from Drowning, and The Valley of Amazement. She is also the author of a memoir entitled The Opposite of Fate and two children's books entitled The Moon Lady and Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat.

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