Book description
The international bestseller from the author of 'The Joy Luck Club' and
'The Bonesetter's Daughter'.
Olivia Yee is only five years old when Kwan, her older sister from
China, comes to live with the family and turns her life upside down,
bombarding her day and night with ghostly stories of strange ancestors
from the world of Yin. Olivia just wants to lead a normal American life.
For the next thirty years, Olivia endures visits from Kwan and her
ghosts, who appear in the living world to offer advice on everything
from restaurants to Olivia's failed marriage. But just when she cannot
bear it any more, the revelations of a tragic family secret finally open
her mind to the startling truths hidden in Kwan's unorthodox vision of
the world. 'Tan's women sparkle and sing off the page. I longed for
even more of Kwan - a gorgeously feisty portrait of a Chinese-American
housewife, chattering as loudly about the mole on her husband's
testicles as the price of pickle-turnips. Kwan is a breathtaking
creation.' Julie Myerson, Independent on Sunday
'The sheer buoyancy of Tan's writing, the gutsy humour and the sheer
verve of the narrative as it bounces along, from modern San Francisco to
nineteenth-century China, is entrancing.' Iain Finlayson, Financial Times
'A wonderful story, told with wit, humour and enormous intelligence.
Literary prizes and critical acclaim should be heaped on Amy Tan's
head.' Marie Claire amy tan is the author of four critically
acclaimed, internationally bestselling novels. Her first novel, The Joy
Luck Club, was nominated for the National Book Award and the National
Book Critics Circle Award and was a recipient of the Commonwealth Gold
Award. The Joy Luck Club was also adapted into a feature film in 1994.
Her subsequent novels are The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret
Senses, and The Bonesetter's Daughter. She lives in San Francisco and
New York.
