The Bonesetter's Daughter

"The Bonesetter's Daughter dramatically chronicles the tortured, devoted relationship between LuLing Young and her daughter Ruth. . . . A strong novel, filled with idiosyncratic, sympathetic characters, haunting images, historical complexity, significant contemporary themes, and suspenseful mystery."
-Los Angeles Times

"TAN AT HER BEST . . . Rich and hauntingly forlorn . . . The writing is so exacting and unique in its detail."
-San Francisco Chronicle

"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."
-The New York Times Book Review

"AMY TAN HAS] DONE IT AGAIN. . . . The Bonesetter's Daughter tells a compelling tale of family relationships; it layers and stirs themes of secrets, ambiguous meanings, cultural complexity and self-identity; and it resonates with metaphor and symbol."
-The Denver Post


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 01/29/2002
ISBN: 9780804114981
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.14h x 4.44w x 1.13d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 48144 / Bonesetter's Daughter
Reading Level: 5.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 18