The Joy Luck Club

I read it, it wasn't required though. I'm in agreement with you, I enjoyed parts. I didn't think it was anything special.

this is one of the best works ever done on mother-daughter relationships, and generational issues. It is an amazing work.

From Publishers Weekly
"Intensely poetic, startlingly imaginative and moving, this remarkable book will speak to many women, mothers and grown daughters, about the persistent tensions and powerful bonds between generations and cultures," praised PW . Author tour.


From Library Journal
What a wonderful book! The "joy luck club" is a mah jong/storytelling support group formed by four Chinese women in San Francisco in 1949. Years later, when member Suyuan Woo dies, her daughter June (Jing-mei) is asked to take her place at the mah jong table. With chapters alternating between the mothers and the daughters of the group, we hear stories of the old times and the new; as parents struggle to adjust to America, their American children must struggle with the confusion of having immigrant parents. Reminiscent of Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior in its vivid depiction of Chinese-American women, this novel is full of complicated, endearingly human characters and first-rate story telling in the oral tradition. It should be a hit in any fiction collection.
- Ann H. Fisher, Radford P.L., Va.

---

I loved it. I loved Amy Tan so much after this I read Kitchen God's Wife. I still think JLC stands alone with its structure and relationships in comparison though

---

We started watching the movie today in class--I'm liking it so far. I think I'm the only person in my class who does...

It definitely leaves out many of the details from the book though.

---

Yep, requirement for AP English my senior year, I devoured it in one night. Surprising how engrossed I became. I also bought a copy for my mum awhile ago, and she's slowly making her way through it now (she hardly has any spare time, the poor dear). It's a rich, most engaging piece of literature. I've no desire to watch the movie though.

And, Russell Wong is hot, hot, hot!

---

I just watched the movie the other night for a psych class, and I read the book in high school. I think they're both pretty good (except I end up crying like a baby).

---

I bought the DVD because I LOVE it so much, and I did some paper about a section in the book for a college assignment my freshman year! I think I should read the book some time.

Note to all Asian Women out there:

The Joy Luck Club can be a great source of monologues for you. Yes, it's not a stage play, but it is a screen play. So between the screen play and the book you can come up with some good monologues.

My friend did this because of the lack of good monologues for Asian Characters, and it's worked quite well for her.

I suggest the monologue of Waverly as she confronts her mother about her disapproval of her fiance Rick at the hair salon.

Love the book and the film. Kitchen God's Wife is still my favorite Amy Tan novel. I can't believe there hasn't been a film treatment of it yet. Fantastic story.

---

There actually is a stage play. I saw it a few years ago and it was HORRIBLE.

But, I love the novel and film. Just try not to choke up and cry at the end! Just try.

---

I love this novel and fell in love with Amy Tan and have never been disappointed in her writing and story telling. I also think the movie is one of the best adaptations of a book that I've seen.

---