The Joy Luck Club

Amy Tan

Dec 2008 · Random House

About this ebook

Discover Amy Tan's moving and poignant tale of immigrant Chinese mothers and their American-born daughters.

'The Joy Luck Club is an ambitious saga that's impossible to read without wanting to call your Mum' Stylist

In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, meet weekly to play mahjong and tell stories of what they left behind in China. United in loss and new hope for their daughters' futures, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club.

Their daughters, who have never heard these stories, think their mothers' advice is irrelevant to their modern American lives - until their own inner crises reveal how much they've unknowingly inherited of their mothers' pasts.

'Pure enchantment' Mail on Sunday

Ratings and reviews

I loved listening to this book and hearing the mother's and daughters interactions easily made it a relatible novel.

So well written that the story is so lively told it feels like I was reading the story of my own mother, my own relatives.

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About the author

Amy Tan was born in the US to immigrant parents from China. Her novels include The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter and Saving Fish from Drowning, all New York Times bestsellers and the recipient of various awards. She is also the author of a memoir, The Opposite of Fate, two children's books, The Moon Lady and Sagwa, and numberous articles for magazines. Her work has been translated into 35 languages and has been adapted for film, television and opera. Amy Tan also serves as the Literary Editor for the Los Angeles Times magazine.