The Kitchen God's Wife
 

The Kitchen God's Wife (Vintage Contemporaries)

by Amy Tan

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. (read review)

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What are you reading? 2328 books / 5581 members / 12985 posts A place to talk about books you have read/reading of any genre, or any book talk in general.
China and the Chinese diaspora 74 books / 80 members / 63 posts Books by Chinese and Chinese descendant writers, on and about China and the Chinese. We read and discuss novels, short stories, poetry, memoirs, biographies and essays, graphic novels and non-fiction. We will also consider books about/on China by non-Chinese writers.
Diversity Works 507 books / 775 members / 7770 posts "Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true."

~ Martin Luther King Jr



Diversity Works is a where we acknowledge our differences, celebrate our commonalities, and make an honest effort to navigate between the two. We hope the setting here feels safe enough for you to examine, consider, and challenge ideas and thoughts expressed here. It's not about being right, but being heard.

Tell us what you think.

Mostly Biography, Classics & History 454 books / 88 members / 38 posts This book is for a group of like-minded people who wish to read various books and discuss them. To grow (and to, likely, change) in our opinions and views of the world. Please join me. Just choose from the Books To Read list and we'll discuss which to read. If you feel a book is worth reading by the group, then let me know and we'll see if it gets added to the list.
ENGLCOM 18 books / 25 members / 104 posts This is a group for English 1 students of De La Salle University in Manila. The first 4 weeks of the term is dedicated to reading. This is therefore a good web group to share reading interests in.
Kealing MS 8th group 49 books / 47 members / 65 posts Kealing MS book group.

any books we read and like we can post them to help give suggestions to people who want a good read.

add the books you are going to read for the free book choice read-thing to the shelf.

just in case you see any perverted activity or a fake me (ian), notify me and please do not be fooled. the real ian is the admin, alright? i'm really frustrated by the fruad . he is the profile with all the adult oriented books as well.
Kealing's 888 51 books / 29 members / 22 posts Kealing students, teachers, administrators, and staff who are doing the 888 challenge.
Select 8 categories. You can select any kind of category to meet your reading tastes. You might want to select some categories that you already read heavily from and others that will lead you to branch out. Examples include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, graphic novels, science fiction, mysteries, books my best friend recommended to me, funny books, books on the 1001 books you must read before you die list, Booker Prize winners, etc.
For each of your 8 categories, select 8 books.
Read them all in '08.
You're allowed up to 8 overlaps (books that count in more than one category). Depending on the number of overlaps you select, you'll read 56-64 books in '08.
You are allowed to adjust your list of categories and books at any time during the year.
The 888 challenge was originally posted here: http://triple8challenge.blogspot.com/2007/09/challenge-rules.html

Group guidelines:
Post your list.
On our group shelves, post the books you're currently reading and then move them to our books read shelf.
As you read and/ or finish each book, post a review.
You can also post requests for suggestions for your list.
All discussions must be classroom appropriate.
Enjoy!
Take care,
Ms. Roy
Novel Idea 36 books / 57 members / 258 posts For my students to post their Novel Idea assignments and exchange ideas about the books they are reading.

Reminder: All discussions must be classroom appropriate.
Book reviews should be polished, formal writing. You are encouraged to comment thoughtfully on other students' reviews.
robert smith 8 books / 10 members / 13 posts n
Bookworm Club 59 books / 21 members / 21 posts Hi everybody , Books are so amazing. They are the best things ever invented. This group is for the ones who have just got hooked to books and also for the ones who are already hooked. Please do feel free to write whatever you feel. Thank you for visiting my group. Bye Bubbles
Mark's Book Group 39 books / 3 members / 0 posts
6/7 Language Arts 109 books / 8 members / 0 posts Class library and discussion pages.
8th Language Arts 124 books / 7 members / 0 posts Group shelf and discussion pages.
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