The Joy Luck Club

Title

The Joy Luck Club

Subject

Women -- Societies and clubs -- Fiction. Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction. San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction. Chinese American women -- Fiction. Mothers and daughters -- Fiction. Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction. Female friendship -- Fiction. Mothers -- Death -- Fiction.

Description

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 more than three decades.

Creator

Tan, Amy

Publisher

Random House

Date

1989

Type

PS3570 .A48 J6

Identifier

2003.500.1850

Collection