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by Amy Tan

Second Bookses rated it

14 years ago

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I've been a fan of Amy Tan's writings since I first read The Joy Luck Club. While her books tend to focus on China and the lives of Chinese immigrants, their focus on the complex relationships between mothers and daughters is universal, and I've given some of her books to my mother to read after I'v...

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Telynor's Library, and then some rated it

15 years ago

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I think this one is my favourite of Amy Tan's novels. It's smart, sensitive, and as her books always do, look at the relationships between mother and daughter with plenty of good, common sense. A winner. For the longer review, please go here:http://www.epinions.com/content_219139968644

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Myrto rated it

16 years ago

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I enjoyed this book very much. It's very much like the Joy Luck Club in the sense that it's fundamentally female-centric, and about mothers and daughters. I liked the Joy Luck Club just a tiny bit more, but mostly because I really loved its structure. This book is a more linear narrative, with the e...

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tien rated it

16 years ago

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This is only the second Amy Tan's book I've read but I'm so very tempted to say that it is the 'typical' Amy Tan's book. By this I mean, to start with the 'westernised' Chinese daughter and then diving in to the story of the mother's chinese background / past.The first few chapters set the atmosphe...

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Kaethe rated it

21 years ago

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A generation-spanning story about what women have endured to be who they are now. Tan's writing is both heart-breaking and hopeful, and often funny.

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