CliffsNotes on Tan's The Kitchen God's Wife
by Mei Li Robinson
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Author: Mei Li RobinsonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-01-01
ISBN: 0822007126
Number of pages: 100
Publisher: Cliffs Notes
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Book Review: A wonderul book fulll of humour and emotion
Summary: 5 Stars
The displacement that comes of being brought up in two diametrically different cultures and societies is the underlying theme running though the Kitchen God's Wife. Through this Amy Tan weaves a touching often tragic story of a woman's life, her relationships with her husbands, her friends and most importantly her daughter. For anyone who has ever had to grown up torn between two polarised worlds this book is a must. It is about love and communication, about strength through adversity and above all hope. At then end of the novel Pearl learns to give in to the brand of love and support her mother has to offer and by doing this learns much about herself. Mother and daughter go through a healing process and reach a better understanding of each other. I read the last page, eyes blurred with tears remembering how many times I shrugged off my own mothers attempts to get close to me, to comfort me in the name of what?. No man is an island and certainly no woman. When I finished this book I understood my own growing pains. This book struck a chord with me and I urge all, women especially to read this. You will see the world and yourself so much clearer.
Summary of CliffsNotes on Tan's The Kitchen God's Wife
"Tan is one of the prime storytellers writing fiction today."?NEWSWEEK
Winnie and Helen have kept each other's worst secrets for more than fifty years. Now, because she believes she is dying, Helen wants to expose everything. And Winnie angrily determines that she must be the one to tell her daughter, Pearl, about the past?including the terible truth even Helen does not know. And so begins Winnie's story of her life on a small island outside Shanghai in the 1920s, and other places in China during World War II, and traces the happy and desperate events tha led to Winnie's coming to America in 1949.
"The kind of novel that can be read and reread with enormous pleasure."
?CHICAGO TRIBUNE
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