{"product_id":"the-bonesetters-daughter-9780345457370","title":"The Bonesetter's Daughter","description":"\"\"As compelling as Tan's first bestseller, The Joy Luck Club. . . No one writes about mothers and daughters with more empathy than Amy Tan.\"\u003cbr\u003e-The Philadelphia Inquirer \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" An] absorbing tale of the mother-daughter bond . . . this book sing s] with emotion and insight.\"\u003cbr\u003e-People \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRuth Young and her widowed mother, LuLing, have always had a tumultuous relationship. Now, before she succumbs to forgetfulness, LuLing gives Ruth some of her writings, which reveal a side of LuLing that Ruth has never known. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a remote mountain village where ghosts and tradition rule, LuLing grows up in the care of her mute Precious Auntie as the family endures a curse laid upon a relative known as the bonesetter. When headstrong LuLing rejects the marriage proposal of the coffinmaker, a shocking series of events are set in motion-all of which lead back to Ruth and LuLing in modern San Francisco. The truth that Ruth learns from her mother's past will forever change her perception of family, love, and forgiveness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A strong novel, filled with idiosyncratic, sympathetic characters; haunting images; historical complexity; significant contemporary themes; and suspenseful mystery.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Los Angeles Times \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"For Tan, the true keeper of memory is language, and so the novel is layered with stories that have been written down-by mothers for their daughters, passing along secrets that cannot be said out loud but must not be forgotten.\"\u003cbr\u003e-The New York Times Book Review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Tan at her best . . . rich and hauntingly forlorn . . . The writing is so exacting and unique in its detail.\"\u003cbr\u003e-San Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345457370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.29h x 5.50w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2003 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e48144 \/ Bonesetter's Daughter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.7 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 18\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amy Tan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636416868508,"sku":"9780345457370","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4cf405cc-3eba-451c-ae6d-45036d84d227.jpg?v=1603841895","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-bonesetters-daughter-9780345457370","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}