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Amy was born in Oakland, California. [1] She is the second of three children born to Chinese immigrants John and Daisy Tan. Her father was an electrical engineer and Baptist minister who traveled to the United States, in order to escape the chaos of the Chinese Civil War.
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The title is a reference to the forgotten wife of Zao Jun, or the Kitchen God, a figure whose story is similar to that of the novel's co-protagonist, Winnie. [5] Zao Jun was once a hardworking farmer who married a virtuous and kind woman, Guo, but later squandered all their money.
Novelist Amy Tan has always turned to her own family for writing inspiration. "The Joy Luck Club," one of her most famous books, has autobiographical elements. Now, she has some fascinating new ...
Ruth arranges to have the document translated, and learns the truth about her mother's life in China. Much of the novel, like Tan's previous work, is based on her relationship with her own mother, and her mother and grandmother's life stories. The first edition's cover photo is an image of Tan's grandmother Gu Jingmei, taken in about 1905. [1] [2]
The Joy Luck Club is a 1989 novel written by Amy Tan.It focuses on four Chinese immigrant families in San Francisco who start a mahjong club known as The Joy Luck Club. The book is structured similarly to a mahjong game, with four parts divided into four sections to create sixteen chapters.
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