[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 ... In 1949, the four mothers meet at the First Chinese Baptist Church in 
San ... The stories told in this novel revolve around the Joy Luck Club women and 
.... It is her American-born daughter Jing-mei who fulfills her long-cherished... [DOC] [TLE] The Joy Luck Club Reader's Guide - NEA Big Read [PAR] Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club was written as a collection of short stories, but the 
... The first story begins two months after Jing-mei "June" Woo loses her mother, 
... These four mothers hope the mix of "American circumstances with Chinese ... 
in the Book. Mothers. Suyuan Woo Suyuan's story is told through her daughter. [DOC] [TLE] Joy Luck Paper [PAR] Four Chinese born mothers and their four American born daughters tell stories ... 
of the Heart: Mother-Tradition and Sacred Systems in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck 
Club. ... I find it very interesting that the younger women in the book are in their 
thirties. ... As they meet for the first time, the three sisters all feel the spirit present 
but... [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 alternate ... China 
and the lives of their American-born daughters in California. .... her mother had 
told her it would be: ''As soon as my feet touched China, I became Chinese. ... But 
in the hands of Amy Tan, who has a wonderful eye for what is... [DOC] [TLE] Amy Tan Biography - life, family, childhood, children, parents, wife ... [PAR] Amy Tan is known for her lyrically written (using flowing, melodic language) tales 
... Her father was a Chinese-born Baptist minister; her mother was the daughter of 
an ... Tan's hobby soon developed into a new career when her first novel, The 
Joy ... stories told by four Chinese immigrant women and their four American-
born... [DOC] [TLE] Amy Tan Biography - CliffsNotes [PAR] Amy Tan, whose Chinese name, An-mei, means "blessing from America," was 
born in 1952 in Oakland, California, the middle child and only daughter of John 
and ... Daisy was so upset that she and her daughter did not speak to each other 
for six months. ... It was not until the early 1980s that she became a business 
writer. [DOC] [TLE] chinese mothers as other before american born daughters [PAR] Chinese mothers' communication before their Americanborn ... These 
depictions of Chinese by Amy Tan participate in the dominant American ... In the 
novel, the stories of these four pairs are interwoven ... The first is that Orientalism, 
claiming to be an .... when she breaks the silence and cries out her seldom-told 
thoughts. [DOC] [TLE] Interview with Amy Tan | Books | The Guardian [PAR] Mar 2, 2001 ... The Bonesetter's Daughter, Tan's new novel and her first in five years, was 
conceived in ... But she found herself spinning out the novel for years beyond the 
deadline. ... The story of Ruth, a Chinese-American New Age ghostwriter finding 
her own voice while her Chinese-born mother, Lu-Ling, succumbs to... [DOC] [TLE] Mother Daughter Relationships - Mothers and Daughters in Amy ... [PAR] Amy Tan's novel, The Joy Luck Club, explores the relationships and experiences 
of four Chinese mothers and four Chinese-American daughters. ... born during 
the first quarter of this century in China, and their daughters born in California, ... 
Suyuan Woo tell the story of "The Joy Luck Club," a group started by some 
Chinese... [DOC] [TLE] Amy Tan facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] Amy Tan. Born: February 19, 1952. Oakland, California Asian American writer ... 
Her father was a Chinese-born

Question: Amy Tan's first novel, it told of 4 Chinese mothers & their American-born daughters
Answer: "The Joy Luck Club"