Alice B. reviewed on 4/3/2022 + 3563 more book reviews

Kingston weaves a magical and poetic tale of an immigrant and her family, all told from a woman's point of view. in fact, it is the women who are central to the story; the men are there, but they hardly seem to matter. They are mere props, a convenient means of getting the women from one place to another. "The Woman Warrior" tells the story of Kingston and her mother, who worked as a doctor in China, then moved to the United States to be with her husband. Although the story is told through the lens of myth and fantasy, it conveys a clear and lasting impression of the love shared between mother and daughter. There is beauty and pain, and a sense of the struggles faced by the Chinese (who are the real people) as they try to find their way in the land of the ghosts who inhabit America. This book is truly a treasure.

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