From the Bookshelf of EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club

The Joy Luck Club
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What Members Thought

Kevin Xu
I can really related to this book coming from similar backgrounds with my dad telling me about my family's past. Plus one of the main characters is from the same area that my mom's family is from.

This book I thing was written because of Tan having just visited and traced back her roots.

The only problem I have with it is that all the main characters are female, but only females can sit around every week and talk about their past, which make them feel better. Males cannot share about their past,
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Athira (Reading on a Rainy Day)
The review is more for the audiobook and less for the book itself.
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