Carrying a photograph of the man she is to marry but has yet to meet, young Hana Omiya arrives in San Francisco in 1917, one of several hundred Japanese "picture brides" whose arranged marriages brought them to America.
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 and "say" stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club--and forge a relationship that binds them for…
