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ISBN: 9780749399573 - The Joy Luck Club
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The Joy Luck Club

Amy Tan

ISBN: 9780749399573
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Vintage
Edition: New edition
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The Joy Luck Club was formed of four Chinese women recently moved to San Francisco who meet to eat dim sum, play mah-jong and to share stories. Forty years on they and their daughters tell wise and witty tales of hope, loss, family and history.

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This novel, told from the viewpoints of four Chinese mothers and their four American-Chinese daughters, examines the nature of the mother-daughter relationship, and the problems of cultural identity the characters face.
 
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