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The Joy Luck Club
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 403,775 Ratings and 5,429 Reviews

Book Description
In 1949 four Chinese women-drawn together by the shadow of their past-begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks, eat dim sum, and "say" stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club.
Nearly 40 years later, one of the members had died, and her daughter has come to take her place, only to learn of her mother's lifelong wish-and the tragic way in which it has come ... More
Book Information
PublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
BindingPaperback (34 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages288
ISBN-100749302593
ISBN-13978-0749302597
Publication Date/1989
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About Amy Tan (Author) : Amy Tan is a published author and a narrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Amy Tan include The Kitchen God's Wife, The Joy Luck Club, The Chinese Siamese ... more
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2/27/2014 Lauren Himmelreich

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11/29/2009 Lauren Himmelreich said: This was a beautiful book to read. I read it when I was twelve and have read it over several times since. Amy Tan is wonderful at weaving together past and present and moving the story line forward in an effortless manner.
tags: I recommend, Inspired me

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8/31/2007 Elizabeth Bluemle tagged as: I Read

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