TheJoyLuckClub

=The Joy Luck Club by [|Amy Tan]=

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Publishing Information**__ ~Published by G.P Putnam's Sons in **1989** (Her first novel) ~Over 2 million copies sold ~Translated into seven different languages including Chinese ~//The Joy Luck Club// explores the clash between Chinese culture and American culture
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After the death of Suyuan Woo, daughter Jing-Mei (June) Woo joins the Joy Luck Club. The club was founded by Suyuan in China during the war. Here Suyuan and her friends could eat, talk, and play mah jong helping them keep their minds away from the Japanase invasion going on. //The Joy Luck Club// presents the stories of four Chinese-immigrant women and their American-born daughters. The Chinese women share their views on life to their daughters based on experiences they had growing up in China. The daughters try to understand their mothers' past and adapt to the American culture as well as the Chinese culture. Even after Suyuan's death, Jing- Mei keeps the tradition going hoping to find luck in her family as well as bringing joy.

//**Characters/Narrators:**// ~Suyuan Woo (mother), Jing-Mei Woo (daughter) ~Lindo Jong (mother), Waverly Jong (daughter) ~An-Mei Hsu (mother), Rose Hsu (daughther) ~Ying Ying St. Clair (mother), Lena St. Clair (daughter) http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/joyluck/characters.html <- click for more in depth information on the narrators

__**Symbols and Themes**__ ~ Indentity (**major one**) ~The challenges of cultural translation (Communication) ~Love,lost, and redemption ~Connection of the past and the present ~Expectation and reality //**Imagery:**// ~Food ~Clothing ~Dreams ~Wind and Direction http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/tan.html <- Click here for more in depth information on the themes and imagery
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~[|Contemporary] Style ~Published as a novel but served as a collection of interrelated short stories ~Amy Tan shared a unique style because she combined her experiences as well as those around her into one book. She didn't include just one narrator but multiple. Every story goes into a new character exposing a new narrator.
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~Reviewers praised Tan's heartfelt yet gritty examination of mother-daughter relationships ~40 weeks on the New York Times best seller list ~Featured as a film in 1994
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~nominated for the National Book Award and National Book Critics Award ~Commonwealth Gold Award ~Bay Area Book Reviewers award
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//" I think books were my salvation, they saved me from being miserable"//
 * -Amy Tan-**

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