description: There are so many things that a mother wishes to teach her daughter. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to keep hoping, when hope is your only joy. How to laugh for ever. This is the story of four mothers and their daughters - Chinese-American women, the mothers born in China, and the daughters born in America. Through their eyes we see life in pre-Revolutionary China, and life in downtown San Francisco; women struggling to find a cultural identity that can include a past and a future half a world apart.
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: 674717
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