Jing-mei’s aunties assign her the task of telling her twin sisters about the mother they never knew. Essentially, Jing-mei has the opportunity to fulfill her mother’s greatest wish. The other three elderly members of the Club – her mother’s best friends and Jing-mei’s "aunties" – give Jing-mei enough money to travel to China and meet her sisters. At the first meeting, Jing-mei learns that her long-lost half-sisters have been found alive and well in Shanghai. Suyuan’s American-born daughter, Jing-mei (June) Woo, is asked to replace her mother at the Joy Luck Club’s meetings. Suyuan has died without fulfilling her "long-cherished wish" to be reunited with her twin daughters who were lost in China. The novel opens after the death of Suyuan Woo, an elderly Chinese woman and the founding member of the Joy Luck Club. (It weighs in at at relatively slim 288 pages.) (with the exception of Suyuan) getting two chapters with which to tellĪnd, surprisingly, this novel isn't several thousand pages long. The novel is comprised of sixteen chapters, with each woman Here's why: this book details a whopping eight perspectives on living a life that's rich with both Chinese history and traditions and American life and traditions. You should definitely go check out the chapter summaries to get a better grasp on everything that happens.and everyone it happens to. We're going to be honest here: there's way too much going on in The Joy Luck Club to briefly summarize.
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