"A rare, mesmerizing novel" (Michael Dorris), The Joy Luck Club is composed of sixteen stories interwoven to portray the relationship between four Chinese women born and raised in China before 1949 and their four American-born daughters. both united and divided by contrasting American and Chinese cultures.  

"Honest, moving, and beautifully courageous, Amy Tan shows us China, Chinese-American women and their families, and the mystery of the mother-daughter bond in ways that we have not experienced before."
--Alice Walker

"Subtle and delicate...an intimate glimpse into a way of life and a culture seldom explored by Western literature... The stories read well individually, but together, with characters and circumstances so skillfully interwoven, the whole truly becomes greater than the parts."
--San Diego Union

"Wonderful...a significant lesson in what storytelling has to do with memory and inheritance."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"Beautifully written.... Sings with rare fidelity and beauty.... A jewel of a book."
--The New York Times Book Review