The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
This novel explores the complex relationships between four Chinese-American mothers and their American-born daughters. The narrative switches between the perspectives of the eight women, revealing their pasts, their struggles with cultural identity, and the misunderstandings that have grown between the generations. The mothers, who all experienced hardship in their native China, want their daughters to have better lives and thus push them to excel in America. The daughters, in turn, struggle to reconcile their American surroundings with their Chinese heritage.
The 296th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1989
- Nationality
- American
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- 288-332
- Words
- 91,084
- Original Language
- English
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- 8th on Top 100 World Literature Titles (Perfection Learning)
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- 86th on 100 Best Books to Read by Women Authors (Good Housekeeping)
- 100th on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
- 234th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 636th on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- The Booklist Century: 100 Books, 100 Years (BookList)
- The Great American Read (PBS)
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