This book explores the unique difficulties, adjustments, and compromises that make up the immigrant experiences. Focusing on the lives of four Chinese immigrant women and their relationships with their daughters, the Joy Luck Club brings beautiful insight to the complexities of cultural transition. In addition, it’s a touching illustration of women and their relationships with their mothers, their men, and themselves.
“She will fight me, because that is the nature of two tigers. But I will win and give her my spirit, because this is the way a mother loves her daughter.” - Ying-Ying, mother of Lena, page 252
Another plus is Amy Tan’s beautiful style of writing: simple, potent, delicate. Alternating between the rich and tumultous landscape of China and the streets of San Francisco, Tan helps us understand the tension, heartache, and unanswered questions that entangle the immigrant protagonists. I highly recommend this book for anyone who has struggled with the questions of assimilation, or for anyone who wishes to understand this phenomenon better.
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