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In 1949, four Chinese women begin meeting in San Francisco for fun. Nearly 40 years later, their daughters continue to meet as the Joy Luck Club. Their stories ultimately display the double happiness that can be found in being both Chinese and American. First serials to Ladies' Home Journal,... read more
First Sentence
The old woman remembered a swan she had bought many years ago in Shanghai for a foolish sum.
Table of Contents
I. Feathers from a Thousand Li Away
1. Jing-mei Woo: The Joy Luck Club
2. An-mai Hsu: Scar
3. Lindo Jong: The Red Candle
4. Ying-Ying St. Clair: The Moon Lady
II. The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates
5. Waverly Jong: Rules of the Game
6. Lena St. Clair: The Voice from the Wall
7. Rose Hsu Jordan: Half and Half
8. Jing-mei Woo: Two Kinds
III. American Translation
9. Lena St. Clair: Rice Husband
10. Waverly Jong: Four Directions
11. Rose Hsu Jordan: Without Wood
12. Jing-mei Woo: Best Quality
IV. Queen Mother of the Western Skies
13. An-mei Hsu: Magpies
14. Ying-Ying St. Clair: Waiting Between the Trees
15. Lindo Jong: Double Face
16. Jing-mei Woo: A Pair of Tickets
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