The Joy Luck Club (Barnes and Noble Reader's Companion) (Barnes & Noble Reader's Companion)

From English classes to book clubs, Amy Tan's bestseller The Joy Luck Club has become a staple of contemporary American fiction. Its heartrending and powerful stories speak volumes about the trials both of the immigrant experience in America and of mother-daughter relationships in any family. The Companion takes you inside this favorite: * What are the Joy Luck Club daughters expected to do with the stories their mothers tell them? * How autobiographical is Tan's novel? Which daughter did she base on herself? * What role does the past play in the lives of immigrants and their children?Amy Tan is the author of 'The Joy Luck Club (Barnes and Noble Reader's Companion) (Barnes & Noble Reader's Companion)', published 2003 under ISBN 9781586638580 and ISBN 1586638580.