Top tags: fiction, china, contemporary fiction, asian, mothers and daughters (all tags)
“erg mooi boek dat beschrijft de verschillende generaties chinese vrouwen, hun levenservaringen en vooral de verlangen die de mama's voor hun dochters hebben spreekt me erg aan, ik heb de film ervan gezien ik heb de hele film zakdoekjes gebruikt zowat...kortom erg ontroerend!!!”
“Chinese women suffer at the hands of men and triumph over adversity. It's "The Color Purple" meets "I Remember Mama" done up in chinoiserie.”
“All of Tan's novels are well written and give you a great insight of the Chinese culture which unfortunately is not tangible in modern China. ”
“I read this book many years ago, probably when it first came out. I do remember it was about the relationships between the Mothers and Daughters, but honestly not much else. Well, last night the movie was on TV. I cired through most of it. Geez, I'll never watch that again.”
“I thought it was a bit confusing myself, I felt like I should start over from the beginning. But it is a good read, as a daughter I can relate to some of the relationships. I did pick up a few quotes that I kept. This is my first time reading Amy Tan, I think I will try her other books. Which do you think is best?”
“This was one of my favorite books EVER. It is so illustrative of cultural diversity and how strong different views are and how eruptive they can become even among family members. If cultural/religious views can disrupt family, imagine how it is destroying ties among different nations (America & the Middle East, the Middle East and Israel)...”