Amy Tan

By Barbara Kramer

This informative biography tells the story of a Chinese-American woman who thought her dream of being a fiction writer would never come true. Her struggle with her cultural identity, the loss of her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0894906992
• ISBN13: 9780894906992
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Enslow Publishers
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 11 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 12

Customer Reviews

reader's opinion

I loved this book, i have read it about four times. I think that Amy Tan does a very good job of portraying the Asian American families in the United States. I related to this book a lot, those of you that have similar problems should read this book. Of course everyone has heard about the movie, but i feel the book is a lot better. If you have heard of any Tan's other book "The Kitchen God's Wife", pick it up, it addressing a lot of the same aspects as in "The JOy LUck Club."

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"The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan is a book about the lives and journey of four Chinese women (Suyuan Woo, An-mei Hsu, Lindo Jong, and Ying-ying St. Clair) & their American-born daughts (Jing-mei "June" Woo, Rose Hsu Jordan, Waverly Jong, and Lena St. Clair). Capitivated in a series of shorts, are tales of the pre-1949 to today's modern times. The Joy Luck Club held it's statis as it was named for, hope and good fortune. As the next generation holds its' faith, it becomes something just a little more special, linking two generations together..