![]() ![]() Her mother returns only to cut off a piece of her flesh to cook a soup in hopes of healing An-Mei's grandmother, though An-Mei's grandmother still dies. An-Mei Hsu's story relates how her mother left her family to become the third concubine of Wu Tsing, a rich merchant, while An-Mei was raised by her maternal grandmother. ![]() The other three mothers relate the stories of their childhood. They ask that Jing-Mei go to China and meet her sisters, and tell them about Suyuan's death. Jing-Mei, who has been asked to take her mother's place in the Joy Luck Club, learns from the other mothers that her half-sisters are alive. Suyuan and Canning attempted to find Suyuan's daughters, and Canning assumed that Suyuan had given up hope. She later married Canning Woo and immigrated to the United States where their daughter, Jing-Mei, was born. Suyuan later found out that her first husband died. Jing-Mei relates the story of how her mother Suyuan was the wife of an officer in the Kuomintang during World War II and how she was forced to flee from her home in Kweilin and abandon her twin daughters. The first section, "Feathers from a Thousand Li Away", introduces the Joy Luck Club through daughter Jing-Mei Woo, whose late mother Suyuan Woo founded the Joy Luck Club, and focuses on the four mothers. Structurally, the novel is divided into four major sections, with two sections focusing on the stories of the mothers and two sections on the stories of the daughters.įeathers from a Thousand Li Away The stories told in this novel revolve around the Joy Luck Club women and their daughters. They call their mahjong group the Joy Luck Club. In 1949, the four mothers meet at the First Chinese Baptist Church in San Francisco and agree to continue to meet to play mahjong. The Joy Luck Club consists of sixteen interlocking stories about the lives of four Chinese immigrant mothers and their four American-born daughters. The novel was also adapted into a play, by Susan Kim, which premiered at Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in New York.įirst Chinese Baptist Church at 15 Waverly Pl, San Francisco The screenplay was written by the author Amy Tan along with Ronald Bass. In 1993, the novel was adapted into a feature film directed by Wayne Wang and starring Ming-Na Wen, Lauren Tom, Tamlyn Tomita, France Nguyen, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, Lisa Lu, and Vivian Wu. Each part is preceded by a parable relating to the themes within that section. The three mothers and four daughters (one mother, Suyuan Woo, dies before the novel opens) share stories about their lives in the form of short vignettes. The book is structured similarly to a mahjong game, with four parts divided into four sections to create sixteen chapters. ![]() It focuses on four Chinese immigrant families in San Francisco who start a club known as The Joy Luck Club, playing the Chinese game of mahjong for money while feasting on a variety of foods. The Joy Luck Club is a 1989 novel written by Amy Tan. ![]()
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