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Moon Lady 7 reviews
Amy Tan
New Millennium Audio, 2001
Read to Your Child to Develop Bonding and Intellect!
Researchers constantly find that reading to children is valuable in a variety of ways, not least of which are instilling a love of reading and improved reading skills. With better parent-child bonding from reading, your child will also be more emotionally secure and able to relate better to others. Intellectual performance will expand as well. Spending time together watching television fails ...
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Tails of Devotion: A Look at the Bond Between People and Their Pets30 reviews
Emily Scott Pottruck
Tails of Devotion, 2006
Tails of Devotion: A Look at the Bond Between People and Their Pets
It's a fun book to have - a coffeetable book. I purchased it as a holiday present. I may end of keeping it and purchase another for the holidays!
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What the Dormouse Said: Lessons for Grown-ups from Children's Books 12 reviews
Algonquin Books, 2004
Heart to soul...good snippets of thoughts.
Yes, you can go back home. Most of these quotes come from books that either I remember reading as a young girl or that I read to my sons when they were growing up. As an adult/grown-up they have an entirely new meaning and perception that is heartrendering at times and at others very up lifting. I liked it and have purchased another to pass along.
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The Opposite of Fate52 reviews
Amy Tan
Putnam, 2003
The Best In Chinese Take-Out
I didn't read The Joy Luck Club; I wasn't interested, it sounded like a chick book, and I don't play Mah Jong. This book is more like taking a peek inside Amy Tan. It was great.
I hated literature in high school and college, because all the professors always talked about all the "hidden meaning" and symbolism in persons, objects and events happening in the book. I thought this was a bunch of ...
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Chinese American Children & Families: A Guide For Educators & Service Providers1 review
Amy Lin Tan
Association for Childhood Education International, 2004
A summary of Chinese beliefs and cultural practices
Chinese American Children & Families: A Guide for Educators & Service Providers is a straightforward summary of Chinese beliefs and cultural practices that American educators, health care workers and service providers need to know when working with the Chinese-American community. Chapters address not only beliefs prevalent in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, but also how living amidst ...
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Chinese Siamese Cat13 reviews
Amy Tan
New Millennium Audio, 2001
Siamese cat lovers....
The most exquisitely illustrated book I've ever owned! A fun, fictitious way to describe how white siamese kittens get their colors. It's a bit long for a bed time story, but really fun! Kids ages 8 or 9 and up may be able to read it themselves, but the beginners may have a hard time.
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Mei Mei?Little Sister: Portraits from a Chinese Orphanage14 reviews
Richard Bowen
Chronicle Books, 2005
From a parent
I purchased this book for my wife as we have adopted a baby girl from China. While these photos are from a different orphanage, the impact is the same. We did not get to see all the children at our daughter's orphanage, and they don't allow photos of the kids anyway. I recommend this book for any adoptive parents of children from China, or those looking into it. I will warn you, you will want ...
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The Joy Luck Club4 reviews
Amy Tan, 1989
Outstanding Dialogue
I bought this book because I loved the movie so much and the book is almost always even better. Something that didn't stand out in the movie, is the author's great method of dialogue. In the movie you don't realize it, because it is cast with
actress(es) who's characters are obviously Chinese-American, English-as-2nd language, so you don't recognize the detail that went into forming the ...
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The Joy Luck Club (Barnes and Noble Reader's Companion) (Barnes & Noble Reader's Companion)1 review
Amy Tan
Barnes & Noble, 2003
A unforgettable Book
This book is wonderful. It is the best book I've ever read. It is about a relationship with a mother and daugter. It is so realistic. I love this book. YOu have to read it. There is also a movie on this book which is fantastic.
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The Hundred Secret Senses206 reviews
Amy Tan
Flamingo, 1996
the hundred secret senses
i have enjoyed many but not all of Tan's novels. This was my favorite by far. the story drew me in completely and i felt i could hear the voices of the sisters so clearly. i didn't want it to end.
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Amy Tan Collection: Joy Luck Club & Kitchen God's Wife 2 reviews
Amy Tan
Audio Literature, 1998
The Kitchen God's Wife
I read the book The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan. In this book the author explores controversial issues such as ender and how it relates to life in China at the beginning of World War II through today. I would recommend this book to anyone who has struggled over any major bumps in their life involving predjudice and injustice. This book show how a person can be strong enough to overcome ...
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The Kitchen God's Wife161 reviews
Amy Tan
Phoenix Audio, 2008
Riveting, inspiring and educational
My wife and I will often read a novel to each other if it has plenty of drama, and tells a great story. The Kitchen God's Wife is such a story! The novel starts off slow but interesting, and as the end nears it becomes harder and harder to put down.
Most of the narrative is anchored around Winnie Louie's revelation of her secret and tumultuous family history to her daughter, Pearl Louis ...
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The Joy Luck Club435 reviews
Amy Tan
Minerva, 1997
A Book Remembered After 13 Years
The Joy Luck Club had stayed with me all these years even when I examine my own personal life in the current time. I had read the book when I was in the seventh grade and had a remarkable teacher. She was Mrs. Lattimer (and yes, she was white), a Harvard graduate teaching at an impoverished neighborhood from where I used to grow up. Sometimes, I wondered why she never taught at one of the more ...
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The Bonesetter's Daughter309 reviews
Amy Tan
Putnam Adult, 2001
A Stunning Read
The Bonesetter's Daughter is, essentially, about how the past affects the future. Some other major themes are the relationships between mothers and daughters and the culture gap between Chinese immigrants and their children.
In the first half of the book (the "present"), Ruth's mother is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Ruth often recalls significant moments in her childhood that ...
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Mid-Life Confidential4 reviews
Stephen King, Amy Tan, ...
Highbridge Audio, 1994
Hilarious good fun!
Although I vaguely noted the news stories when this band of idiots went on the road in 1993, I only ran across this book by chance three days ago. I read it in less than two. Although the whole idea of authors forming a rock band and doing a tour sounds pretty stupid and self-indulgent, the results were not only good for them, but surprisingly moving and inspiring for anyone who might read this ...
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Club de la buena estrella (Debolsillo, 338/1)2 reviews
Amy Tan
Plaza y Janes, 2002
Spanish translation of Joy Luck Club
I don't know why the Amazon website doesn't state that this is a Spanish translation of The Joy Luck Club. I was going to order it, thinking that it was a new book from Amy Tan. Thank goodness I googled the title and found out it's actually not a new book. In any case, I have not read the Spanish translation, so I can't speak to the quality of it, but I really enjoyed the original English ...
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Saving Fish from Drowing1 review
Amy Tan
Putnam, 2005
Much Better Then You Would Think From The Reviews!
I am really surprised at the reviews I have seen thus far. Although this book is a change of pace for Amy Tan the sometimes viscous response from some of the readers reviewing the novel is quite frankly shocking.
I actually enjoyed the novel a great deal. I thought the plot mechanism used by the author to observe the primary characters, give us insight into the feelings and motivations but ...
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Saving Fish From Drowning2 reviews
Amy Tan
Ballantine Books, 2005
Much Better Then You Would Think From The Reviews!
I am really surprised at the reviews I have seen thus far. Although this book is a change of pace for Amy Tan the sometimes viscous response from some of the readers reviewing the novel is quite frankly shocking.
I actually enjoyed the novel a great deal. I thought the plot mechanism used by the author to observe the primary characters, give us insight into the feelings and motivations but ...
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Saving Fish from Drowning2 reviews
Amy Tan
Random House Inc., 2006
The Bookschlepper Recommends
The narrator, besides being dead, is/was a respected Asian Art dealer and leader of exotic, cultural tours for her moneyed friends. After her sudden demise, these twelve adventurous but pampered Marco-Polo-wannabes set off on the Burma Road and quickly find themselves up various creeks without paddles. Tan has a keen eye for the East/West twain and the detail that can make stupidity appear both ...
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The Joy Luck Club10 reviews
Amy Tan
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
Compelling Stories
This is another excellent book by Amy Tan. I had heard about it for years, but had never read it. I finally read it because I thought her book, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, was one of the best books I have ever read. I was not disappointed by this book. It inspired me to read another of her books, Dragon Bones, which I am currently reading.
I am impressed with the details that Amy Tan ...
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