... with a past". Tan's novels share many themes and elements, but this paper will focus mainly on two episodes of the novel The Joy Luck Club: "The Joy Luck Club" and "Waiting Between the Trees"; and will make references to The Kitchen's God Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses. In the first place, mother-daughter relations between Chinese mothers and ABC daughters are not easy ones in Tan's novels. They are ... they seem like complete strangers. When immigrants raise their children in America, there is a great concern for these parents that American culture will negatively affect their chi...

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... have a cat named Sagwa and a dog named Mr. Zo. (John Tonies) Tan wrote many novels, including The Joy Luck Club, and The Kitchen God's Wife. Her first novel was published in 1989, known as The Joy Luck Club, was her first work of fiction, and it was on the New York times bestseller list for longer than any other book in that year. Both books are about Chinese ... corporations. In 1985, Tan wrote the story "Rules of the Game" for a writing workshop, and the story became incorporated into The Joy Luck Club as part of Waverly Jong's story. It was a finalist for the National Reviewers Award f...

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