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Click to view full description | 1. | The Bonesetter's Daughter Tan, Amy
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 2001
Hard Cover. Brand New/As New Book Jacket. 6 x 9. ISBN:0399146431. Review from Publishers Weekly: "Tan's empathetic insight into the complex relationship of Chinese mothers and their American-born daughters is again displayed in her latest extraordinary, multi-layered tale. Now suffering from Alzheimer's, Lu Ling's references to the past are confusing and contradictory particularly her desperate attempts to communicate with her deceased Precious Auntie, who was her nursemaid and Ruth worries about her mother's health. But when Ruth translates Lu Ling's lengthy journal, she learns that her mother was once a strong-willed, courageous girl who overcame a background of family secrets and lies, persevered despite romantic heartbreak and survived tremendous hardships and suffering in war-torn China. Tan deftly handles narrative duties as Ruth, the exasperated but loving daughter, while Chen is perfect as the quick-speaking, accented Lu Ling." ...PUBLISHED at twenty six dollars.
Price: 10.28 USD | See Full
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| 2. | THE HUNDRED SECRET SENSES Tan, Amy
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 1995
Hard Cover. Brand New/Brand New Book Jacket. 6 x 9. 358 pages by this wonderful writer that Newsweek says 'has a rare power to touch the heart.' In this book Tan uses her characteristic wisdom, grace and humor to conjuire a story of the inheritance of love, its secrets and senses, its illustions and truths. Set in San Francisco and in a remote village of southern China, this is a tale of American pragmatism shaken, and soothed by Chinese ghosts. A real good read!
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| 3. | THE KITCHEN GOD'S WIFE Tan, Amy
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 1991
Hard Cover. As New/As New Book Jacket. 6 x 9. Review: "Winnie is a powerhouse who has fought, laughed at, and struggled with life; Pearl is the daughter who grew up in Winnie's shadow. Pearl has a secret she doesn't want her mother to know because Winnie will blame herself, worry, be mad she wasn't told right away. Winnie has secrets she doesn't want to tell Pearl: she's afraid she won't understand, that she'll be hurt. Auntie Helen knows their secrets and thinks it is time for each of them to tell. ..Winnie was born in China seventy years ago and experienced her mother's desertion, a cultural revolution, and a very bad marriage. How can she explain these things to her American-born daughter, the one who keeps to herself and wouldn't even allow herself to cry when her father died? But as Winnie lets Pearl in, Pearl learns more than just her mother's story. She learns about herself, about the costs she and her mother pay to keep their secrets, and she learns to share her own secrets. .. Mothers can both support our roots so we can stand on our own and remove the top soil that nurtures us - this is a story of mothers doing both. IPublished at twenty three dollars.
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