{"product_id":"joy-luck-club-book-amy-tan-9780143129493","title":"The Joy Luck Club","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER * Amy Tan's modern classic that examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"For me, [\u003ci\u003eThe Joy Luck Club\u003c\/i\u003e] was one of those once-in-a-lifetime reading experiences that you cherish forever. It inspired me as a writer and still remains hugely inspirational.\"--Kevin Kwan, author of \u003ci\u003eCrazy Rich Asians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Brilliant.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A jewel of a book.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Amy Tan [is] a writer of dazzling talent.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1949, four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to play mah jong, remember the past, and gossip into the night. United in unspeakable loss and new hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the memories that display these women's strength, worries, and determination. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. Mothers boast or despair over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes even as they feel the inextricable tightening of the matriarchal ties that they believe have stymied their ability to face the uncertainties of the future.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Intimate and moving, \u003ci\u003eThe Joy Luck Club\u003c\/i\u003e shows us how the inheritance of pain and unspoken secrets can lead to misunderstanding--and yet how love can still offer the promise of reconciliation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis award-winning edition is part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49851890762001,"sku":"CIN014312949XG","price":6.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50132239646993,"sku":"CIN014312949XA","price":6.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50809519014161,"sku":"CIN014312949XVG","price":6.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50999510925585,"sku":"NIN9780143129493","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53043594330385,"sku":"GOR011825114","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/014312949X.jpg?v=1751356240","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/joy-luck-club-book-amy-tan-9780143129493","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}