The Joy Luck Club
Written by Amy Tan
Narrated by Gwendoline Yeo
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
Amy Tan entices listeners to immerse themselves into the complex lives of these women.
Amy Tan
Born in the US to immigrant Chinese parents, Amy Tan failed her mother's expectations that she become a doctor and concert pianist. She settled on writing fiction. Her novels are The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, Saving Fish from Drowning, and The Valley of Amazement, all New York Times bestsellers. She is also the author of a memoir, The Opposite of Fate, and two children's books. Her work has been translated into 35 languages.
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Reviews for The Joy Luck Club
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The book was okay. I had do this for school so 1 star, blame school for that one.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beautifully told story of four Chinese immigrant families - narration was great
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Takes so long to download, and wasted a lot of my time
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This tale between a mother and daughter truly captures one's search for identity and finding that sense of belonging through war, marriage problems and so on. I find this amazingly written with wit and seriousness that is captures a natural cadence for the reader to love
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It is a beautiful novel, that even more than 30 years later, speaks about fundamental truths: generational trauma, struggles that war and violence install into families, gender inequality and violence.
I still thought it was beautiful, how it talks about the various and very different relationships between daughters and mothers.
I also learnt a lot from Chinese history that I had never had the opportunity to learn before. History that is both troubling and beautiful. History that helps understand a nation and its people.