The Joy Luck Club

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  It was just so good I read the book twice. The language she use to describe things were so beautiful and vivid, I now use the book as reference when i write my own essay.

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  Ringo Kam said on Oct 17, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Chinese Diaspora's generational stories. It also enourages western to dream about how exoitc, "otherness" is. The bond between mother and daughter definitely moved your heart with tiny details.
  It's genuine, witty ,and touching.
  Silk, embroidery , obedient female in society and family, opi ... (continue)

  Chinese Diaspora's generational stories. It also enourages western to dream about how exoitc, "otherness" is. The bond between mother and daughter definitely moved your heart with tiny details.
  It's genuine, witty ,and touching.
  Silk, embroidery , obedient female in society and family, opium, patriarchal society, filial piety, traditional values, superstitious customs, good-fortune appearance, plenitude of wives, cruelty in food are all explicitly shown via conversation, narratives, and author's observation.

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  Gobs Chan said on Apr 14, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  I teach in a Chinese girls' secondary school in Hong Kong and my students find this book incredibly moving. They come away from the book with a totally new perspective on their cultural identity, on their relationships with their mothers and on what it means to be Chinese and at the same time to be ... (continue)

  I teach in a Chinese girls' secondary school in Hong Kong and my students find this book incredibly moving. They come away from the book with a totally new perspective on their cultural identity, on their relationships with their mothers and on what it means to be Chinese and at the same time to be part of a modern, multicultural society.
  The book is an absolute must-read for Chinese teenage girls who are going through the process of forging their identities, and the ending is tear-jerking.

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  David Johncock said on Oct 9, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  Un romanzo appassionante e coinvolgente su quattro donne cinesi immigrate a San Francisco e le loro figlie.

  http://robertabookshelf.blogspot.com/2011/12/recensione…

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  ζ Roberta ζ said on Dec 28, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Really enjoyed this introduction to the work of Amy Tan. Written in 1989, wish I had discovered this author years ago!
  A first novel which became a major US film. From the wealthy homes of pre-Revolutionary China to downtown San Francisco, this is the story of four mothers and their first-gener ... (continue)

  Really enjoyed this introduction to the work of Amy Tan. Written in 1989, wish I had discovered this author years ago!
  A first novel which became a major US film. From the wealthy homes of pre-Revolutionary China to downtown San Francisco, this is the story of four mothers and their first-generation Chinese-American daughters; two generations of women struggling to come to terms with their cultural identity.

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  Lindyloumac said on Dec 4, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Heartwarming, beautiful, moving. A story of many of survival and strength. A must read.

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  Whirl256 said on Jul 12, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 336 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 0521485622
• ISBN-13: 9780521485623
• Publisher: Putnam
• Pub date: Jan 01, 1989
• Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, School & Library Binding, Unbound, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, Libri Italiani, Svenska böcker

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