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Title: The Kitchen God's Wife Author: Amy Tan LOC Call No.: PS3570.A48 K58 LOC Subjects: Mothers and daughters -- California -- Fiction. Chinese Americans -- California -- Fiction. Family -- China -- Fiction. Domestic fiction. Source: owned Rating: hard to put down... a fantastic peek into someone else's (fictional) life. Readings: 1/18/97

If you enjoyed The Joy Luck Club, then you will really like The Kitchen God's Wife. This is the story of a Chinese immigrant mother and her American daughter, sort of. It is written entirely in the first person. The first sixty-odd pages are from the point of view of the American-born daughter, almost like a foreword. The rest of the book, except for a short "afterword" from the daughter, is written from the point of view of the Chinese-born mother as she talks to her daughter and delves deeply into memories from World War II China. Amy Tan shows the reader a sad and beautiful picture of a young woman's life as she grows up and experiences much sorrow interspersed with moments of joy. Along the way are lots of twists and turns that make you feel like you're peeling back the layers of an onion trying to get to the real story.

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