num_pages: 320
description: 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 40 years later, one of the members had died, and her daughter has come to take her place, only to learn of her mother's lifelong wish-and the tragic way in which it has come true. The revelation of this secret unleashes an urgent need among the women to reach back and remember...
language: English
title: The joy luck club
titlecomplete: The joy luck club
characters: June Woo, Ying-Ying St. Clair, Waverly Jong, Rose Hsu Jordan, Suyuan Woo, An-Mei Hsu, Lena St. Clair, Lindo Jong
genres: Classics, China, Historical, Adult, Adult Fiction, Asia, Historical Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Fiction
ratings_count: 674746
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: William Heinemann Ltd.