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The Bonesetter's Daughter - Amy Tan

 

Description: ISBN 0007124449 / Author: Amy Tan / Genre: Fiction / LuLing Young begins to write down her memories of childhood in China. When her ... more
The Bonesetter's Daughter - Amy Tan ... daughter moves in and discovers the story they reach a new understanding in their relationship.

Newest Review: ... of the story, but past, present and future intermingle as Ruth's story also has it's own place in the narrative. Amy Tan is ... more

 ... well-known for her abilities to write of China in the 1920's and 1930's. Her books have a rare quality of timelessness and the rich language of the past. But in this book she tackles the problems of dealing with an older parent while still trying to lead a life of her own. It comes to many of us in our lifetime and isn't any easier whether or not we have other family around. The language of the elderly person doesn't run on the same wave-length as a younger person, but we learn to cope. Referring to the past is some...more

QueenElf
Crowned Review The Bonesetter's Daughter - Amy Tan: Across the Cultural Divide. (1021 words)
by QueenElf - written on 13/05/08 (Very useful, 104 readings)
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Across the Cultural Divide. Ruth Young has a problem that seems insurmountable. The daughter of an American father (deceased) and a Chinese mother, whose health is failing and a long-term but unstable relationship with her boyfriend, Art and his two growing girls, she has little time to herself. In her late forties she no longer expects marriage or her own children, but she seems to be running around after everyone and getting little back in return. This might seem a familiar modern-day problem, but it's compounded by Ruth's mother, the strong-minded but increasingly forgetful LuLing Liu Young. Because of her Chinese background her English is not as ...

Katz1
Crowned Review And you thought your family was complicated!! (1026 words)
by Katz1 - written on 29/08/01 (Very useful, 478 readings)
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“The heart of this story belongs to my grandmother, it’s voice to my mother. I give them credit for anything good and have already promised I will try harder next time” This forms part of Amy Tan’s introduction to “The Bonesetter’s Daughter”. It is, perhaps, a good indication that the story that follows, is by and large, based on the true story of her own family and, for me, is something that makes the story all the more poignant. She also writes in her dedication: “On the last day that my mother spent on earth, I learned her real name, as well as that of my grandmother. This book is dedicated to ...

happybunny75
Premium Review The Bonesetter's Daughter - Amy Tan: Secretly Cursing the Family (636 words)
by happybunny75 - written on 27/05/02 (Very useful, 1640 readings)
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This is the second novel that I’ve read by Amy Tan and I’m beginning to realise that a pattern is forming. I have previously read ‘The Kitchen God’s wife’ and now in ‘The Bonesetter’s Daughter’, Tan’s narrative again tells the story from both the perspective of an American woman and her Chinese mother. This format, I have discovered, is prevalent throughout most her novels. Don’t be put off however, with Tan’s repetition of narrative and plots that encompass all her novels. ‘The Bonesetter’s Daughter’ is wholly unique from both her other novel that I’ve read and ...

 

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