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This is a story that spans decades. Begun in the present day by the first person narrative of Pearl, the bulk of the story is told by her seventy-four-year-old mother Winnie (Weili) as she relates to her daughter the tale of her first marriage, telling of what it was like in China during and after World War II and how she came to America. The Kitchen God of the title allots luck according to just desserts. He's deified, even though his wife who had suffered because of him and had lived a life of
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Again Amy Tan writes an emotionally resonant tale of the relationship between mothers and daughters. It also tells a tale of of the modern daughters relationship with her heritage and trying to figure out how it intersects with her modern lifestyle.
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