The Joy Luck Club

     I expect that anyone who has grown up in an immigrant family can see some similarities between their family and the one shown in Amy Tan's book, The Joy Luck Club. The Joy Luck Club walks the audience through first and second generation conflicts between a Chinese mother and her American born daughter, while taking the reader into the memories of the mother.
     My own grandmother was a second generation daughter, born of parents who immigrated from Poland right before WWI broke out in Europe. While I never saw any of this conflict first hand, obviously, I do how much it affected families.
     I found this book to be a very interesting read. I found it a little bit disturbing around the mother/daughter relationship, but that is one of the things that makes it so captivating.

     Have you read it? What did you think?

The Joy Luck Club book page bracelet

"And then he put down the wrong birthyear, 1916 instead of 1914. So, with the sweep of a pen, my mother lost her name and became a Dragon instead of a Tiger."
― Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

"And then he put down the wrong birthyear, 1916 instead of 1914. So, with the sweep of a pen, my mother lost her name and became a Dragon instead of a Tiger." ~ Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club book page bracelet

The Joy Luck Club book page bracelet

     What colors and charms would you use if you were to make changes? Maybe a tiger?

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