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Join the club, February 17, 2006
Reviewer: Jesse B Ellyson (Dale City, Virginia United States)
Amy Tan's first novel is a masterpiece. I may have discovered this wonderful writer fifteen years late but now that I know she's out there I look forward with great anticipation to reading the rest of her books.
"The Joy Luck Club" takes us inside the lives of four Chinese mothers and their four American daughters. These eight unique women take turns telling the story through a series of sixteen vignettes covering the various stages of the mother-daughter relationships. The characters are fully realized and vividly portrayed. The events that shape their lives are at once alien and familiar.
It is the familiarity that is most endearing about this book. In an age when no one can seem to get along it's nice to see just how alike we all really are. No matter where you come from, no matter what religion, race, or nationality, if you read this book you will recognize something of yourself within its pages.
So go ahead. Take a look inside. Join the club.
Reviewer: Jesse B Ellyson (Dale City, Virginia United States)
Amy Tan's first novel is a masterpiece. I may have discovered this wonderful writer fifteen years late but now that I know she's out there I look forward with great anticipation to reading the rest of her books.
"The Joy Luck Club" takes us inside the lives of four Chinese mothers and their four American daughters. These eight unique women take turns telling the story through a series of sixteen vignettes covering the various stages of the mother-daughter relationships. The characters are fully realized and vividly portrayed. The events that shape their lives are at once alien and familiar.
It is the familiarity that is most endearing about this book. In an age when no one can seem to get along it's nice to see just how alike we all really are. No matter where you come from, no matter what religion, race, or nationality, if you read this book you will recognize something of yourself within its pages.
So go ahead. Take a look inside. Join the club.
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