![]() It’s a book that has stayed with me and lived in me.” -Margaret Cho I’m here, and I have a story to tell, and it’s among the canon of Asian-American stories that are feminist and that are true to our being. I exist in this landscape of literature and memoir. That’s what’s so important about books like that. At that time, we hadn’t seen a lot of Asian-American representations anywhere, so it was a big deal that it even existed. I hadn’t seen our history like that before. It showed me a past that reached beyond borders and languages and cultures to bring together these disparate elements of who we are. Our heritage has a lot of difficult stuff in it - a lot of misogyny, a lot of fear and rage and death. “Reading it really changed the way I thought about Asian-American history. "Wonderful.a significant lesson in what storytelling has to do with memory and inheritance." -San Francisco Chronicle I really wish I was buddy reading this with someone so I could." ![]() "Powerful.full of magic.you won't be doing anything of importance until you have finished this book." -Los Angeles TimesĬomment on Goodreads: "I know this is really late, but I think this book would be perfect for a book club. ![]() ![]() Times Book Award, and was made into a movie in 1993. The Joy Luck Club won the National Book Award and the L.A. "Beautifully written.a jewel of a book." -The New York Times Book Review "Powerful as myth." -The Washington Post Book World ![]()
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