I exist in this landscape of literature and memoir. That's what's so important about books like that. At that time, we hadn't seen a lot of Asian-American representations anywhere, so it was a big deal that it even existed. I hadn't seen our history like that before. It showed me a past that reached beyond borders and languages and cultures to bring together these disparate elements of who we are. Our heritage has a lot of difficult stuff in it - a lot of misogyny, a lot of fear and rage and death. 'Reading it really changed the way I thought about Asian-American history. 'Wonderful.a significant lesson in what storytelling has to do with memory and inheritance.' - San Francisco Chronicle 'Powerful.full of magic.you won't be doing anything of importance until you have finished this book.' - Los Angeles Times 'Beautifully written.a jewel of a book.' - The New York Times Book Review 'Powerful as myth.' - The Washington Post Book World Tan is an astute storyteller, enticing readers to immerse themselves into these lives of complexity and mystery. Mothers boast or despair over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes even as they feel the inextricable tightening of their matriarchal ties. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters. Or to prolong what was already unbearable.' Forty years later the stories and history continue.

'To despair was to wish back for something already lost.

Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their spirits and money.

United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. It inspired me as a writer and still remains hugely inspirational.' -Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich AsiansĪmy Tan's beloved, New York Times bestselling tale of mothers and daughters, now the focus of a new documentary Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir on Netflixįour mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's 'saying' the stories. For me, it was one of those once-in-a-lifetime reading experiences that you cherish forever. From the moment I first started reading it, I knew it was going to be incredible. Description ' The Joy Luck Club is one of my favorite books.

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