num_pages: 120
description: There are so many things that a mother wishes to teach her daughter. This is a story about four mothers born in China, and their daughters born in America. Through their eyes we see life in pre-revolutionary China and life in downtown San Francisco, and also women who struggle to find a cultural identity that can include a past and a future.
language: English
title: The Joy Luck Club
titlecomplete: The Joy Luck Club (Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 6 Reader)
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: Oxford University Press