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"Brilliant....Each story is a fascinating vignette, and together they they weave the reader through a world where the Moon Lady can grant any wish, where a child, promised in marriage at two and delivered at 12, can, with cunning, free herself; where a rich man's concubine secures her... read more

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First Sentence

My father has asked me to be the fourth corner at the Joy Luck Club.

Table of Contents

I. Feathers from a Thousand Li Away
1. The Joy Luck Club, Jing-mei "June" Woo
2. Scar, An-Mei Hsu
3. The Red Candle, Lindo Jong
4. The Moon Lady, Ying-Ying St. Clair

II. The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates
1. Rules of the Game, Waverly Jong
2. The Voice from the Wall, Lena St. Clair
3. Half and Half, Rose Hsu Jordan
4. Two Kinds, Jing-mei "June" Woo

III. American Translation
1. Rice Husband, Lena St. Clair
2. Four Directions, Waverly Jong
3. Without Wood, Rose Hsu Jordan
4. Best Quality, Jing-mei "June" Woo

IV. Queen Mother of the Western Skies
1. Magpies, An-mei Hsu
2. Waiting Between the Trees, Ying-Ying St. Clair
3. Double Face, Lindo Jong
4. A Pair of Tickets, Jing-mei "June" Woo

Authors & Contributors

  1. Amy Tan (Author)
 

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