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| Title | : | The Kitchen God's Wife |
| Author | : | Amy Tan |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | September 21st 2006 by Penguin Books (first published 1991) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. China. Asia. Contemporary |
Amy Tan
Paperback | Pages: 416 pages Rating: 4.01 | 71230 Users | 2076 Reviews
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Winnie and Helen have kept each other's worst secrets for more than fifty years. Now, because she believes she is dying, Helen wants to expose everything. And Winnie angrily determines that she must be the one to tell her daughter, Pearl, about the past—including the terrible truth even Helen does not know. And so begins Winnie's story of her life on a small island outside Shanghai in the 1920s, and other places in China during World War II, and traces the happy and desperate events that led to Winnie's coming to America in 1949.Specify Books Conducive To The Kitchen God's Wife
| Original Title: | The Kitchen God's Wife |
| ISBN: | 0143038109 (ISBN13: 9780143038108) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Winnie, Auntie Helen, Pearl Bright, Mary, Frank Russell, Roger "Bao Bao", Doug Cheu, Phil Brandt, Tessa Russo, Cleo, Mimi Wong, Loy Fong, Edna Fong, New Aunt, Old Aunt, Wen Fu, Huazheng "Peanut", Uncle Henry |
| Setting: | United States of America |
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Ratings: 4.01 From 71230 Users | 2076 ReviewsWrite-Up Out Of Books The Kitchen God's Wife
Great review! Tan was on my list of writers to check out while housebound, but I might pass on this. I enjoyed (parts of) her memoir when I read it agreat story about a relationship between a mother and daughter. we all, to some degree, struggle with our relationships with our mothers. this book made me look deeply at my own relationship with my mom and got me thinking about how much about my mom and her life that i still don't know. my mom is reading this now and we've had some great conversations about this and what it means to our own relationship. this is a wonderful story about (1) the incredible love of a mother; (2) cultural
The bulk of this story takes place in war time in China. With that being said, I liked how this was NOT a story or retelling of that historical fact. It truly was a story of a woman who was torn oftentimes between traditonal China and wanting a better life. Her life had so much tragedy I was sad to read some of it. But it was all told for an important purpose and not just to be told for the story's sake. Amy Tan's characters are always so well developed as well as her descriptions of what is all
I love this book. Winnie is so brave. She was stuck with an evil, horrible husband. She went through WW2. Her daughter didn't know all of this about her so she tells her all that she went through. It's a great book about revealing secrets and her daughter learns to admire her mother's strength and find the same in herself. Also, why do so many folks have to marry horrible, awful people?
The Kitchen God is recognized in traditional Chinese culture. His wife is ignored. She does all the chores, suffers all life's hardships, and is never recognized as a deity. The mother-daughter relationship between Chinese-Americans, Pearl and Winnie, is a bit strained. They are from different generations. The Americanized younger generation does not adhere to the subtle rules of social interactions. They don't communicate well with the family's elders. Secrets from from the past remain deeply
I officially do not want to read anything by Tan again. At least this is how I feel at the moment.Why the three stars: The Kitchen God's Wife is very well written, but I hated what this book was doing to me. The WWII in China is merely a backdrop for the protagonist's personal drama of epic proportions; suffice to say that when something very bad, but not exactly cruel, happened (view spoiler)[(one of protagonist's children dies, quite straightforwardly, of plague) (hide spoiler)], I felt
Had to catch my breath....I just love Amy Tan, and I wanted to give this modern classic five stars because she's certainly worth it as a writer. But I kept hoping and worrying about our main character, Winnie! How many times can one person get f--ed over in a lifetime? Before they're even 30?! I know, I know -- World War II, the Chinese, the Chinese, the Chinese, spousal abuse, the Chinese, the Chinese, the Chinese..... I get it......but I had to suspend my disbelief a bit at the end in a plot
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