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The Joy Luck Club [LP]

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Main Author: Tan, Amy
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language:English
Published: Thorndike, Me. : Thorndike Press, Ã1989.
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Chinese Americans > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > United States > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Large print books.
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Abstract:In 1949, four Chinese women--drawn together by the shadow of their past--begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks and "say" stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club--and forge a relationship that binds them for more than three decades.-- (Source of description not identified).
Physical Description:443 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
ISBN:0896218805
9780896218802
9781587248832
1587248832
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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