With the same narrative skills and evocative powers that made her first novel, The Joy Luck Club, a national bestseller, Tan now tells the story of Winnie Louie, an aging Chinese woman unfolding a life’s worth of secrets to her suspicious, Americanized daughter.
Always love ve her stuff! Easy read.
Like all of Amy Tan’s books- -hard to put down. I really liked the book.
Loved this book. The Author is very good. Very nuanced characters that read true.
Amy Tan is an incredible storyteller. She takes you to far away places an introduces you to strong women facing hard circumstances. Poignant, vibrant, touching.
Always interesting to learn about different cultures and the way the traditions. That they live by
An excellent Amy Tan story set in Chinese history.
Enjoyed this book, always love historical fiction.
I have every book that Amy Tan has written. Each one is different——You want to read the book fast to find out what happens—-and then I go back and read them slowly so that I may enjoy the story. I love to share her books —-opening up new worlds for my friends……..
This a classic. I can’t recommend it enough.
I couldn’t put this book down! I loved the mother-daughter relationship and getting to know the characters. Would recommend this book to anyone.
I loved this book.
The humor was very witty and gives a view into second generation Chinese Americans.
Every tale by Amy Tan is a silky smooth read. She sets her stories in places and periods that are always captivating and colorful, while at the same time relatable regardless of ethnic identity or family background. Ms Tan works strike universal chords and always plays them out to an ultimately satisfying end. She has a rare gift, her works sure to be classics long
after we are all gone.
Amy Tan knows how to write! Especially about women and the relationships of Mothers and daughters.
The Kitchen God’s Wife is a lovely sequel taking us into and back to the life and culture of the author Amy Tan and her relatives.
A good read
Fun book. Light reading, take one into someone else’s life. Had trouble putting down.
Definitely a read for lovers of Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club.
I loved The Joy Luck Club more, but this was very good. We on the East Coast know little of the history of those in the Asian communities on the West Coast. and how so many came to the US after World War II. We heard little of the effects of the Japanese Occupation of China before and during the war. This sheds a small light on it. Also, I was shocked to read of the treatment of women in Chinese culture and the suffering that went on. Multi generational and set in two different continents with an ocean in between both. I recommend it.
It was a little long and quite depressing most of the way. There are occasional funny moments