[DOC] [TLE] The Joy Luck Club (novel) - Wikipedia [PAR] The Joy Luck Club is a 1989 novel written by Amy Tan. It focuses on four Chinese 
American ... Jing-Mei relates the story of how her mother Suyuan was the wife of 
an ... to Canning Woo, and immigrated to the United States where Jing-Mei was 
born. ... After being rescued by a group of fishermen, she realizes that she is lost. [DOC] [TLE] The Joy Luck Club (film) - Wikipedia [PAR] The Joy Luck Club is a 1993 American film about the relationships between 
Chinese-American ... When Lindo turns fifteen (Irene Ng), her mother sends her 
to Mrs. Huang, ... shortly after her husband's death, and who arrives to see her 
dying mother ... Then he gives her the swan feather, which came from Suyuan's
the... [DOC] [TLE] Jing-mei Woo: The Joy Luck Club - CliffsNotes [PAR] "Before I wrote The Joy Luck Club," Tan said in an interview, "my mother told me, 
... and soon she enticed the wives to join with her and form a Joy Luck Club. ... In 
1967, Tan, her mother Daisy, and her brother John left California for ... her 
narrative style and her unique voice to the Native American writer Louise Erdrich. [DOC] [TLE] Amy Tan Biography - CliffsNotes [PAR] When Amy was fifteen years old, her older brother Peter and her father each died 
of ... her Italian-American boyfriend, to San Jose City College in California. ... As 
with all fairy tales, The Joy Luck Club had an unlikely beginning. ... The turning 
point came a year later, when Tan's mother was hospitalized after a heart attack. [DOC] [TLE] The Joy Luck Club - NEA Big Read [PAR] The largest reading program in American history, The Big Read is designed to ... 
On her journey she cooed to the swan: In America I will have a daughter just like 
me. ... was born in 1952 in Oakland, California to recently immigrated Chinese 
parents. ... They, after all, are not Cantonese, they're coming speaking Potunghua
,... [DOC] [TLE] Bio - Amy Tan [PAR] Her parents wanted her to be a doctor and a concert pianist. ... Amy was born in 
the United States in 1952, a few years after her parents immigrated from China. ... 
The Tan family belonged to a small social group called The Joy Luck Club, ... 
both the University of California at Santa Cruz and San Jose State University for 
her... [DOC] [TLE] Free joy luck club Essays and Papers [PAR] Overview: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan - Chinese American Literature ... it 
becomes clear that these women are more than just mothers, daughters, or wives
; .... The first relationship exists between Waverly Jong and her mother, Lindo. ... 
daughters, each mother emigrated from China and each daughter was born in 
the... [DOC] [TLE] The Joy Luck Club - Novels for Students - Encyclopedia.com [PAR] Definition of The Joy Luck Club  Our online dictionary has The Joy Luck Club ... 
she came to the United Stateshoping to bring luck to her family and friends and 
... She dreamed of being a writer, while her parents saw her as a neurosurgeon ... 
After just two semesters there, Amy went with her boyfriend back to California. [DOC] [TLE] 'Your Mother Is in Your Bones' - The New York Times [PAR] Mar 19, 1989 ... In ''The Joy Luck Club,'' her first novel, short-story-like vignettes ... China and the 
lives of their American-born daughters in California. .... In the hands of a less 
talented writer such thematic material might ... Ms. Tan, who is 37 years old, was 
born in Oakland, Calif., shortly after her parents emigrated from... [DOC] [TLE] The Joy Luck Club Has Brought Writer Amy Tan a Bit of Both ... [PAR] Once, during her childhood, when she and her mother were arguing, Amy Tan 
was told ... Thus was born The Joy Luck Club, Tan's lyrical first novel, about four

Question: This author of "The Joy Luck Club" was born in California shortly after her parents immigrated to the U.S.
Answer: Amy Tan