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The Joy Luck Club
- Narrated by: Gwendoline Yeo
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Four Chinese women, drawn together by the shadow of their past, meet in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks, eat dim sum, and to "say" stories to each other. Nearly 40 years later, one of the women has died, and her daughter arrives to take her place. However, the daughter never expected to learn of her mother's secret lifelong wish - and the tragic way in which it has come true. The revelation creates among the women an urgent need to remember the past. What is lost between generations and among friends - and what is salvaged - resonates throughout this novel of friendship among women and the relations between mothers and daughters.
Critic Reviews
"Amy Tan effortlessly mixes tenderness and bitter irony, sorrow and slicing wit. The Joy Luck Club is a fabulous concoction." (Louise Erdrich)
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- Anonymous User
- 15-11-2023
beautiful
an amazing story of life, love and sacrifice not always remembered or acknowledged by future generations as a grandchild of pacific immigrants I felt this story deeply, from the American born perspective and the sacrifices made by the mothers in hopes for a better world loved it wanted it to go on and on!
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- Anonymous User
- 12-03-2023
Touching
A well written collection of stories, that reminds me to cherish my culture, parents and grandparents.
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- Sunny
- 06-12-2021
Amy Tan does not disappoint
An emotional story of distances and misunderstandings between the old and new Chinese generations.
A very informative and educational read
I have wanted to read The Joy Luck Club for a long time and I was not disappointed and very glad that I was finally able to cross of my list
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- Chris Wells
- 15-06-2021
Love this book
Ok...so I'm Irish.Adored this story .Excellent narration..Immigrant stories are not so different!. Will be buying the hard copy.
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- Shalleycat
- 22-03-2020
Inside another Life
Tan provides insight into another world, another life, with this personal account of different lives
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- AM
- 18-08-2019
A classic!
I've read the book, seen the movie and now listened to the audible and love it each and every time - each platform brings new nuances and I think it's a great 'read'.
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- Tracy
- 30-05-2018
An old favourite
My paperback book has been read so many times it is falling apart. Such a joy to hear this wonderful novel as an audio book. Well narrated.
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- dale
- 09-04-2015
A joyful experience
I had read this novel many years ago and needed to re read it to lecture about it. I loved it. It contains so much information on Chinese culture post WW2 and how our context impacts on not only our own lives but our children's lives, especially how behaviours and habits in our relationships can be intergenerational. After listening to it I also revisited the movie and it too is great. I want my adult daughter to read it now. So much to learn from this novel and so much to enjoy. The narration was very realistic and added to the sense of empathy the characters evoked in the listener.
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