The Joy Luck Club

Master storyteller Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters in this New York Times bestseller.

"The Joy Luck Club is one of my favorite books. From the moment I first started reading it, I knew it was going to be incredible. For me, it was one of those once-in-a-lifetime reading experiences that you cherish forever. It inspired me as a writer and still remains hugely inspirational."--Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians

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, eat dim sum, and "say" stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club.

Nearly forty years later, one of the members has died, and her daughter has come to take her place, only to learn of her mother's lifelong wish--and the tragic way in which it has come true. The revelation of this secret unleashes an urgent need among the women to reach back and remember...

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 03/22/1989
ISBN: 9780399134203
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.27w x 1.09d
Award: National Book Awards - Nominee

Review Citations: Booklist 12/01/1992 pg. 661
Booklist 11/15/1999 pg. 601
Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 979
Library Journal 02/15/1989
Publishers Weekly 12/23/1988
Entertainment Weekly 06/27/2008 pg. 100
Entertainment Weekly 07/05/2013 pg. 103
Entertainment Weekly 08/22/2014 pg. 113
Entertainment Weekly 12/05/2014 pg. 73

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 7111 / Joy Luck Club
Reading Level: 5.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 14