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.
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Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life, and two children's books, The Moon Lady and The Chinese Siamese Cat, which has now been adapted as a PBS production. Tan was also a co-producer and co-screenwriter of the film version of The Joy Luck Club, and her essays and stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Her work has been translated into thirty-six languages. She lives with her husband in San Francisco and New York.
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Abridged is terrible,
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I liked the idea of getting Joy Luck Club on CD and having it read by the author because my tenth grade English students are starting the book. However, "abridged" means just that: whole paragraphs and pages are left out! There are no warnings or any cues about when the narrator plans to skip ahead. By the time readers figure out what has happened, they have missed key ideas. My kids were so lost by the time we got to page 23, that we just quit. This recording might be fine for someone driving down the road just listening to get a taste of what the novel is about. It is useless if you want all the nuances of Chinese American culture that are possible with a close reading of the book. lk
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