The Joy Luck Club (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Amy Tan
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Twentieth century
- Setting: China and San Francisco
- Principal Characters: Jing-mei (June) Woo, Suyuan Woo, Rose Hsu Jordan, An-mei Hsu, Waverly Jong, Lindo Jong, Lena St. Clair, Ying-ying St. Clair
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism, Domestic realism, Family literature
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Marriage, California, West, U.S., Asia or Asians, Immigration or emigration, Multiculturalism, Women, Divorce, Lifestyles, Bilingualism, Asian Americans, China or Chinese people, Chinese Americans, Career women, Luck or misfortune
- Locales: San Francisco, CA, China
The Story:
After Suyuan Woo passed away, her daughter, Jing-mei, was asked by her mother’s friends to take her mother’s place as a member of their Joy Luck Club, a group of friends who played Mah-Jongg together. At first, Jing-mei was reluctant to join the club. She was not very good at Mah-Jongg and not particularly interested in hearing her “aunties” talk about the past. Once she accepted, however, she began to learn more about her mother’s past and about the twin daughters her mother had left in China. She also learned about her aunties’ lives and about their...
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