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The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

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Author Biography

Name: Amy Tan
Birth Date: February 19, 1952
Place of Birth: Oakland, California, United States
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: Female
Occupations: writer

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Biography of Amy Tan
4795 words, approx. 16 pages
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...
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Biography of Amy (Ruth) Tan
4650 words, approx. 15.5 pages
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...
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Biography of Amy Tan
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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...
 


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The Kitchen God's Wife Summary
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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...
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The Kitchen God's Wife Information
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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,...


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Publishers Weekly
The Kitchen God's Wife. (book reviews)
04/12/1991: 357 words, approx. 1 pages
THE KITCHEN GOD'S WIFE Tan can relax. If The Joy Luck Club was an astonishing literary debut, The Kitchen God's Wife is a triumph, a solid indication of a mature talent for magically involving storytelling, beguiling use of language and deeply textured and nuanced...
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The Washington Post
Citronelle's Chef and His Wife Cook Up a Kitchen
10/14/2004: 587 words, approx. 2 pages
After five years of living with a kitchen she didn't like, Laurence Richard decided it was time for a new one. Never mind that her husband, Michel Richard, is owner and chef of Michel Richard Citronelle, considered one of the area's best restaurants....
 


Criticism and Essays
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Essay Grade: 90%
The Kitchen God's Wife
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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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Essay Grade: 92%
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