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Amy Tan's roots are in a sorrowful family history and painful personal traumas. Her father, John Tan, immigrated to the United States in 1947. He worked as an engineer and served as a Baptist minister. Amy's mother, Daisy, came to the United States in 19...

On the publication of her first novel, The Joy Luck Club (1989), Amy Tan became an instant star in the publishing world; and her second novel, The Kitchen God's Wife (1991), was a triumph as well. Tan's skillful renditions of mother-daughter relationship...

Amy Tan's novels concerning the bonds between Chinese-American mothers and daughters have earned her a worldwide audience. Although immersed in the rich lore of Chinese myth and history, Tan's works transcend the particular and become testaments to the u...

The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan Born in Oakland, California, in 1952 to Chinese parents, Amy Tan wrote The Kitchen God's Wife to tell the story of her mother, Daisy Tan. The character of Winnie Louie experiences trials and tribulations in...

The Kitchen God's Wife, written by Amy Tan, opens with the narrative voice of Pearl Louie Brandt, the American-born daughter of a Chinese mother and a Chinese-American father, who is a speech therapist living in San Jose. Pearl's mother, Winnie Louie,...

Deals with one of the themes of The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan. It is about self determination and not listening to others all the time.

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