by - written on 08/02/11 (Useful, 14 readings)
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Love, war, broken and forced marriages bound four Chinese women who decided to have a new life in the USA. Seems like all is well when you get your American dream, but the past knows no boundaries, cultural or geographical. And so the sad stories of four missfortunate women reveal at a mahjong game at a mourning of one of ... Read the complete review
by - written on 31/03/10 (Very useful, 45 readings)
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This is the third book I've read by Amy Tan and was looking forward to it, having enjoyed the previous two, which were "The Bonesetters Daughter" and "The Kitchen God Wife." All three books have a had a similar theme in that there is conflict between a Chinese mother and their Chinese-American daughter. However unlike ... Read the complete review
by - written on 13/10/09 (Very useful, 92 readings)
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Amy Tan was born in California but her parents were Chinese immigrants. She started writing short stories in 1985 and drew on her Chinese background and the experiences her family had been through in China. The Joy Luck Club is a set of sixteen tales about four Chinese mothers and their Chinese - American daughters. Their ... Read the complete review
Confusing Characters in Chinese Culture (1384 words)by - written on 25/10/04, updated on 28/01/05 (Very useful, 466 readings)
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This book is about four Chinese mothers, born in the first decades of the 20th century, and their four daughters who were born in America shortly after World War II. The book opens with Jing-Mei Woo - who is now in her thirties - being invited by her father to join the 'Joy Luck Club' shortly after the death of her mother. ... Read the complete review
The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan: Eight women, two cultures and four directions (1065 words)by - written on 19/04/04, updated on 19/04/04 (Very useful, 375 readings)
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At the moment, I have a passion for reading novels set in cultures different from my own. They provide me with such a different experience and perspective to think from that I find them addictive. This is why I picked up ?The Joy Luck Club? by Amy Tan for £1.00 in a charity shop (where else?). I was unaware that she wasn?t just a ... Read the complete review
by - written on 14/07/00, updated on 14/07/00 (Useful, 394 readings)
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Amy Tan is one of my favourite authors. She has a slightly different style of writing (cant explain it but there is something different about it) but it gets to me every single time I pick up one of her books. The Joy luck club is her first book and it is a great book. She follows the lives of 4 women and their daughters ... Read the complete review
