num_pages: 443
description: A New York Times Bestseller In 1949 four Chinese women - drawn together by the shadow of their past - begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks, eat dim sum, and "say" stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club. Nearly forty years later, one of the members has died. When her daughter comes to take her place, she learns of her mother's lifelong wish, and the tragic way in which it has come true.
language: English
title: The Joy Luck Club
titlecomplete: The Joy Luck Club
characters: Suyuan Woo, Ying-Ying St. Clair, Lindo Jong, Waverly Jong, Rose Hsu Jordan, Lena St. Clair, June Woo, An-Mei Hsu
genres: Asia, Historical Fiction, Historical, Adult Fiction, Literature, Classics, Adult, China, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 674701
places: China, San Francisco, California
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Gold), awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Northern California Book Awards
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Wheeler Publishing