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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  • Tinky
    2 of 3 members found this review helpful.
    • Rated 2 stars

    The Joy Luck Club Revisited.

    Tinky wrote this review Wednesday, April 16 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Catherine S
    • Rated 4 stars

    This was a GREAT book. Beautifully written. It has such GREAT insight into the Chinese culture and relates the experiences of war torn China from a very real, very raw, very personal perspective.

    Catherine S wrote this review 22 hours ago. ( reply | permalink )
  • Sam
    • Rated 5 stars

    My favorite one of Tan's novels. I found this book to be really moving. It's set in present day america with "flashbacks" to China during the war. It centers around a mother telling her daughter about her past in China. I loved it.

    Sam wrote this review Thursday, August 7 2008. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink )
  • Lori B
    • Rated 4 stars

    I love Amy Tan's books. She is such a good storyteller. She engages you with her rich characters. A very good read.

    Lori B wrote this review Wednesday, June 25 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • Gandara
    • Rated 5 stars

    A great pleasure to read again Amy Tan. She is one of my favorite author definitly. She knows how to talk about women. Each and every detail she chooses to mention is important and part of something bigger. Her books are like puzzles.

    Gandara wrote this review Monday, June 23 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • cwmitchell
    • Rated 3 stars

    I read the Joy Luck Club years ago and it was quite memorable. I didn't find The Kitchen God's Wife to be quite as memorable.

    cwmitchell wrote this review Friday, May 30 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • anwuli
    • Rated 0 stars

    The Kitchen God's Wife was my first introduction to Amy Tan's work. It was so interesting and engaging. I stole the book from my friend under the pretence that I had to re read it again.

    anwuli wrote this review Friday, May 23 2008. ( reply | permalink )
  • rashi
    • Rated 4 stars

    "The Kitchen God's Wife" is a beautiful novel by Amy Tan about the relationship of a mother with her daughter and the hardships she goes through in her marriage.

    rashi wrote this review Friday, May 2 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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