The Resource The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan
The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan
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Resource Information
The item The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
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- In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, gather to play mah jong, remember the past, and gossip into the night. United in unspeakable loss and new hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, memories that reveal these women's strength, worries, and determination, which their American-born daughters reject as irrelevant. The daughters, in turn, recall pivotal moments of their own past. They believe their mother's expectations have stymied their ability to face the uncertainties of the future. We see how the inheritance of pain and unsaid secrets have led to misunderstanding and yet how love can still undo the damage and provide reconciliation. - Flyleaf
- In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between these four women and their American-born daughters. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. - Publisher
- Encompassing two generations and a rich blend of Chinese and American history, the story of four struggling, strong women also reveals their daughter's memories and feelings
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 329 pages
- Contents
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- Feathers from a thousand Li away. Jing-Mei Woo : The Joy Luck Club
- An-Mei Hsu : Scar
- Lindo Jong : The red candle
- Ying-Ying St. Clair : The moon lady
- The twenty-six malignant gates. Waverly Jong : Rules of the game
- Lena St. Clair : The voice from the wall
- Rose Hsu Jordan : Half and half
- Jing-Mei Woo : Two kinds
- American translation. Lena St. Clair : Rice husband
- Waverly Jong : Four directions
- Rose Hsu Jordan : Without wood
- Jing-Mei Woo : Best quality
- Queen mother of the western skies. An-Mei Hsu : Magpies
- Ying-Ying St. Clair : Waiting between the trees
- Lindo Jong : Double face
- Jing-Mei Woo : A pair of tickets
- Isbn
- 9780143124849
- Label
- The Joy Luck Club
- Title
- The Joy Luck Club
- Statement of responsibility
- Amy Tan
- Subject
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- Chinese American women
- Chinese American women -- Fiction
- Female friendship
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Loss (Psychology)
- Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Mothers -- Death
- California -- San Francisco
- Mothers and daughters
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- Reminiscing in old age
- Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
- Women -- Societies and clubs
- Women -- Societies and clubs -- Fiction
- Mothers -- Death -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, gather to play mah jong, remember the past, and gossip into the night. United in unspeakable loss and new hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, memories that reveal these women's strength, worries, and determination, which their American-born daughters reject as irrelevant. The daughters, in turn, recall pivotal moments of their own past. They believe their mother's expectations have stymied their ability to face the uncertainties of the future. We see how the inheritance of pain and unsaid secrets have led to misunderstanding and yet how love can still undo the damage and provide reconciliation. - Flyleaf
- In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between these four women and their American-born daughters. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. - Publisher
- Encompassing two generations and a rich blend of Chinese and American history, the story of four struggling, strong women also reveals their daughter's memories and feelings
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tan, Amy
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women
- Reminiscing in old age
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Chinese American women
- Mothers and daughters
- Loss (Psychology)
- Female friendship
- Mothers
- Chinese American women
- Female friendship
- Loss (Psychology)
- Mothers and daughters
- Mothers
- Reminiscing in old age
- Women
- California
- Label
- The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Feathers from a thousand Li away. Jing-Mei Woo : The Joy Luck Club -- An-Mei Hsu : Scar -- Lindo Jong : The red candle -- Ying-Ying St. Clair : The moon lady -- The twenty-six malignant gates. Waverly Jong : Rules of the game -- Lena St. Clair : The voice from the wall -- Rose Hsu Jordan : Half and half -- Jing-Mei Woo : Two kinds -- American translation. Lena St. Clair : Rice husband -- Waverly Jong : Four directions -- Rose Hsu Jordan : Without wood -- Jing-Mei Woo : Best quality -- Queen mother of the western skies. An-Mei Hsu : Magpies -- Ying-Ying St. Clair : Waiting between the trees -- Lindo Jong : Double face -- Jing-Mei Woo : A pair of tickets
- Control code
- ocn852238316
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 329 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143124849
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)852238316
- Label
- The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Feathers from a thousand Li away. Jing-Mei Woo : The Joy Luck Club -- An-Mei Hsu : Scar -- Lindo Jong : The red candle -- Ying-Ying St. Clair : The moon lady -- The twenty-six malignant gates. Waverly Jong : Rules of the game -- Lena St. Clair : The voice from the wall -- Rose Hsu Jordan : Half and half -- Jing-Mei Woo : Two kinds -- American translation. Lena St. Clair : Rice husband -- Waverly Jong : Four directions -- Rose Hsu Jordan : Without wood -- Jing-Mei Woo : Best quality -- Queen mother of the western skies. An-Mei Hsu : Magpies -- Ying-Ying St. Clair : Waiting between the trees -- Lindo Jong : Double face -- Jing-Mei Woo : A pair of tickets
- Control code
- ocn852238316
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 329 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143124849
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)852238316
Subject
- Chinese American women
- Chinese American women -- Fiction
- Female friendship
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Loss (Psychology)
- Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Mothers -- Death
- California -- San Francisco
- Mothers and daughters
- Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
- Reminiscing in old age
- Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
- Women -- Societies and clubs
- Women -- Societies and clubs -- Fiction
- Mothers -- Death -- Fiction
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