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The Joy Luck Club

Amy Tan

Start date: June 1, 2018

Finish date: June 30, 2018

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Mar 28, 2020 entrelínies.nesa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Cuatro madres, cuatro hijas, dos generaciones diferentes y dos culturas opuestas. Es lo que nos presenta ‘El club de la buena estrella’, mi primera lectura (tan sólo he hecho dos) para el #marzoasiatico, y que elegí después de las recomendaciones de @magratajostiernos. Es el primer libro que he leído de la autora, nacida en Estados Unidos de progenitories originarios de China, pero no será el único. Me ha gustado la sencillez de su prosa, que hace ágil su lectura. Y me ha gustado acercarme con l ...more

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Aug 12, 2013 Hilal Kalkavan rated it liked it

this was a fine book about women. i do not think that they were necessaryly about chinese woman. although they are chinese and affected by the country's certain conditions back then, this story tells how difficulties may occur to people and how they react. especially women, who are over emotional, or under-emotional, lack logic, a strong character. and most of all, how it effects their daughters.
this is a mother-daughter book. mothers and daughters some how paralel, even they fight all the time ...more

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Apr 16, 2012 Jenn rated it it was amazing

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The depth of the characters and the way in which Amy Tan brings you into their world is extraordinary. I loved all the wisdom which was scattered about the pages, among the story itself, for you to find and ponder and hold onto.

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