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A stunning tale about women who both find and become mothers and their experience as daughters. These complex and sometimes tragic characters find motherhood in places they never expected: above them in an inn, or from a former courtesan.

AMY TAN

Author
February 19, 1952
American author of Chinese heritage
known for novels, short story collec­tions, children's books, and a memoir
The Joy Luck Club - 5 million copies
Europe
intricate storyt­elling and her explor­ation of the Chines­e-A­merican experience
often weaves together multiple narrat­ives, providing different perspe­ctives on the same events
often draws inspir­ation from her own life and family history

THE VALLEY OF AMAZEMENT

2013
late 19th century and early 20th century
Shanghai, China
Novel, Historical Fiction, Domestic Fiction
Identity and Belonging
Love and accept yourself
 

GRANDM­OTHER

wants to remove the extra fingers of Lulu

LULU

8 years old
fingers
My Pure Self-Being

MR. MAUBERT

Piano Teacher
Former concert pianist
lost his right arm during the siege of Paris

MOTHER AND FATHER

Freeth­inkers
 

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