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The Joy Luck Club  Cover Image Book Book

The Joy Luck Club / Amy Tan.

Tan, Amy. (Author).

Summary:

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 and "say" stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club--and forge a relationship that binds them for more than three decades. A celebrated novel in the tradition of Alice Adams and Margaret Atwood from the bestselling author of The Kitchen God's Wife.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0399134204 :
  • ISBN: 0804106304
  • Physical Description: 288 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Putnam's, [1989]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Feathers from a thousand Li away -- The twenty-six malignant gates -- American translation -- Queen mother of the western skies.
Target Audience Note:
930L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader UG 5.7 14 14 7111
Subject: Women > Societies and clubs > Fiction.
Reminiscing in old age > Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) > Fiction.
Chinese American women > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Loss (Psychology) > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
Mothers > Death > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 9 of 9 copies available at Lehigh Carbon Library Cooperative. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Parkland Community Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Parkland Community Library F TAN (Text) 34422006859074 Adult Fiction Available -


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