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Good conversation, friendly faces and great books - that's what book group is all about. We're looking forward to seeing you at our lively and engaging book discussion.
Meeting take place via Zoom. Registered participants will be emailed meeting information prior to the event starting.
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
eBook | eAudiobook | Large Print | Print
The Joy Luck Club was published in 1989 and written by Amy Tan. The book follows four women and their daughters. The women emigrated from China and joined together in San Francisco in 1949, to play mah jong. They formed a club they called the Joy Luck Club. At the meetings they gossiped while playing and ate a variety of foods. One of the women, Suyuan Woo designed the Joy Luck Club on a club she formed with some women while they were in China during the Japanese Invasion of World War II. It was called the Joy Luck Club because the women always wished each other joy and luck when they left each other.
The book is divided into four parts and each part is divided into four sections. Each mother tells her story, except for Suyuan because she died before the beginning of the book, her story is told by others. Each of the four daughters tells their story and their relationships with their mothers. Their mothers use criticisms to show their love to their daughters, but their daughters, raised Americans, don’t understand that kind of love.
