Helpful Score: 4
I gave myself the okay to set this book down about half way through reading it. No doubt Tan did thorough research of this subject, but the book is a continual explanation of how to please a man and very explicit. I could not get past the fact that Violet is 14 when she is thrown into this life. Also, this particular venue may be historical, but the selling of young girls for the pleasure of men is still alive today and I just couldn't distance myself. Tan is known for her mother daughter relationship study, but that hasn't even been addressed at the 300 pg. point. Joy Luck Club and Kitchen God's Wife are my favorite Amy Tan books, this one just disappointed.
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