Joy Luck Club (Oxford Bookworms Library) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Publication Date: July 18, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0194230899 | ISBN-13: 978-0194230896

There are so many things that a mother wishes to teach her daughter. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to keep hoping, when hope is your only joy. How to laugh for ever. This is the story of four mothers and their daughters - Chinese-American women, the mothers born in China, and the daughters born in America. Through their eyes we see life in pre-Revolutionary China, and life in downtown San Francisco; women struggling to find a cultural identity that can include a past and a future half a world apart.

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About the Author

Clare West is a freelance author, teacher and oral examiner, with special interest in literary and cultural aspects of language learning.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Elt (July 18, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0194230899
• ISBN-13: 978-0194230896
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,793,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed-not full book, November 27, 2011

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This review is from: Joy Luck Club (Oxford Bookworms Library) (Paperback)

I was totally shocked when I realized this book was not the actual b ook, but a condensed version. The original is my favorite book, and I was trying to replace my copy. Unfortunately, the cost of the return wasn't worth the effort.