The Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club is a best-selling novel written by Amy Tan. It focuses on four Chinese-American immigrant families who start a club known as "the Joy Luck Club," playing the Chinese game of Mah Jong for money while feasting on a variety of food. There are twelve chapters divided into four sections, and each woman, both mothers and daughters, (with the exception of one mother, Suyuan Woo, who is presented as dead from the beginning of the novel) share stories about their lives in the form of vignettes.

Related Topics:
Novel - Amy Tan - Chinese-American - Immigrant - Mah Jong

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