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The Joy Luck Club / Amy Tan.
In 1949, four Chinese women--drawn together by the shadow of their past--begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks and "say" stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club--and forge a relationship that binds them for more than three decades.
Record details
- ISBN: 0399134204 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780399134203 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0804106304
- ISBN: 9780804106306
- ISBN: 9780143124849
- ISBN: 0143124846
- ISBN: 0143038095
- ISBN: 067972768X
- ISBN: 9780679727682
- ISBN: 9780143038092
- Physical Description: 288 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1989]
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| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Psychological fiction. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Branch | TAN A (Text) | 33126024918272 | Display | Available | - |
| Independence Branch | TAN A (Text) | 33126024918280 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Electronic resources
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 1989 February #2
What a wonderful book! The ``joy luck club'' is a mah jong/storytelling support group formed by four Chinese women in San Francisco in 1949. Years later, when member Suyuan Woo dies, her daughter June (Jing-mei) is asked to take her place at the mah jong table. With chapters alternating between the mothers and the daughters of the group, we hear stories of the old times and the new; as parents struggle to adjust to America, their American children must struggle with the confusion of having immigrant parents. Reminiscent of Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior in its vivid depiction of Chinese-American women, this novel is full of complicated, endearingly human characters and first-rate story telling in the oral tradition. It should be a hit in any fiction collection.-- Ann H. Fisher, Radford P.L., Va. Copyright 1989 Cahners Business Information.