The Kitchen God's Wife Study Guide consists of approx. 105 pages of summaries and analysis on The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan. Browse the literature study guide below:
The story opens with Pearl introducing her extended family: her mother, Winnie, her Auntie Helen (first married to her mother's brother, Kun, now to Uncle Henry Kwong) and their children: Mary, Frank and Roger, whom they call Bao-Bao, which means precious baby. He is 31 and getting married for the third time. Winnie has phoned Pearl with an invitation to his engagement party. Pearl does not want to go and tries to make excuses, but resigns herself out of a sense of duty. (
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