Tan is an astute storyteller, enticing readers to immerse themselves into these lives of complexity and mystery. Mothers boast or despair over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes even as they feel the inextricable tightening of their matriarchal ties. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters. Or to prolong what was already unbearable.' Forty years later the stories and history continue. 'To despair was to wish back for something already lost. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their spirits and money. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. The Joy Luck Club contains sixteen interwoven stories about conflicts between Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-raised daughters. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. Tan is an astute storyteller, enticing readers to immerse themselves into these lives of complexity and mystery.Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's 'saying' the stories. Or to prolong what was already unbearable.” Forty years later the stories and history continue.

“To despair was to wish back for something already lost. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Please see Disclosures for more information.įour mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who’s “saying” the stories. That means if you click and make a purchase, I may earn a small commission.

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