The Joy Luck Club /
Tan, Amy, 1952- ,
The Joy Luck Club / Amy Tan. - First U.S. Ballantine Books edition. Enlarged by W. Ross Macdonald School. - New York : Ivy Books, 1993, c1989. - 2 volumes (332 pages) : comb binding ; 35 cm
Four Chinese women flee warfare in their homeland in 1949 and settle in San Francisco. When one of them dies 40 years later, her American-born daughter learns some astonishing truths about her mother's life in China and discovers the value of tradition.
This work in alternate format is reproduced with the permission of the Canadian Reprography Collection. The books are financed by the Ministry of Education, Ontario and are lent without charge to visually handicapped students.
California Book Award for Fiction, 1989 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction, 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction, 1989
0804106304
88026492
Chinese Americans--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Parent and child--Fiction.
FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / General
F TAN
The Joy Luck Club / Amy Tan. - First U.S. Ballantine Books edition. Enlarged by W. Ross Macdonald School. - New York : Ivy Books, 1993, c1989. - 2 volumes (332 pages) : comb binding ; 35 cm
Four Chinese women flee warfare in their homeland in 1949 and settle in San Francisco. When one of them dies 40 years later, her American-born daughter learns some astonishing truths about her mother's life in China and discovers the value of tradition.
This work in alternate format is reproduced with the permission of the Canadian Reprography Collection. The books are financed by the Ministry of Education, Ontario and are lent without charge to visually handicapped students.
California Book Award for Fiction, 1989 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction, 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction, 1989
0804106304
88026492
Chinese Americans--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Parent and child--Fiction.
FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / General
F TAN