I enjoyed The Bonesetter's Daughter so much that I read the entire novel in one day, which is saying something for a 350-page book. The book is divided into three sections: first, we meet a Chinese-American woman, Ruth, who has a difficult relationship with her elderly Chinese mother, LuLing. We rea...
Meaningless words are a mere group of letters. And if these words are weaved into a 350+ pages manuscript, the essential plot is misplaced between the evaporation of its characters. Tan exaggeratedly lengthens the stereotypical dilemma of two generations of women (mother- daughter) trying to find so...
In the first half of the book, I'd just wanted to throw this book far away and tell Ruth to get a grip of herself. But then, the story of her mother emerged and understanding dawn on how they became who they are. And at the end, I was pleased with the lessons learnt and the 'better' person emerging...
Ruth's mother is apparenly losing her mind. Her memories are slipping away from her. Ruth finds a document that tells the story of her youth and escape from China to America.Ruth's mother LuLing was the daughter of a woman who was once beautiful until a terrible accident happened. Her family did bot...
I read this back in 2002. Here is what I wrote in my journal back then: >>. . .had been sitting on my shelf for a while. When I started, I had mixed feelings about the book for it was not holding my attention very much. I finished it, but I have to admit that I had to force myself to get to the end....
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