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Sep 23, 2022pafrosa8 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Great story, listened to this via Libby app, beautifully narrated by the author. Characters you really care about.
Oct 11, 2021
I love some of her books but this one bored me so much I stopped reading it. Too modern and too much of smart aleck (trying to be funny) remarks. I like reading about old China.
Nov 05, 2018Hillsboro_RobP rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Amy Tan can often deliver mixed results (I thought Saving Fish... was a mess), but when she's working on a mother/daughter relationship, we've got gold. This is the gold, and is just as true a story as anything nonfiction.
Feb 05, 2018Andrew Kyle Bacon rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book falls short of being a great novel for an ironic reason. The main character, Ruth, is an editor: she assist authors in tightening their work and putting it to the paper not as they wrote it, but as they imagined it. Part of me…
Jul 25, 2017OllPuff9 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I found this book far better than "The Joy Luck Club" which I have to admit I could not finish. I have seen parts of the movie (JLC) and thought I would like the book, especially since I liked this one so much. I couldn't put this book…
Jul 25, 2016Eil_1 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A timeless and beautiful recounting of Ruth's life with her mother - an immigrant from China following WWII; the discovery of handwritten account of her mother's life in China that reveals the identity of Ruth's Grandmother - "Precious…
Apr 13, 2015ehbooklover rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
An exploration of the relationship between mothers and daughters, told effectively via different generations of the same family. Realistic characters, interesting descriptions of Chinese culture and traditions, plus an engaging story made…
Dec 22, 2014WVMLStaffPicks rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Amy Tan excels in the exploration of relationships between immigrant parents and American born children, and especially so in this novel of the discovery of a mother’s handwritten account of her life in China. Over the course of a year,…
Nov 08, 2013
A very touching story. I like Amy Tan's books.
Aug 21, 2012marmoore rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Amy Tan always tells a good story.
Aug 03, 2012arleenwilliams rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A rich rewarding read.
Apr 09, 2012Pepperbot rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I loved this book! Mundane occurances become interesting and funny when Tan writes about them, and those difficult aspects of relationships are portrayed so perfectly. And that's not all - the story was really interesting, being told…
Nov 25, 2010kawichick rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Novel picks up in the second third of the book however falls flat in plot and character development.
Oct 29, 2009echidna rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The Bonesetter's Daughter is told in three parts: present day San Francisco; a small village in China pre-1940; and then back to present day U.S.A. Ruth's mother, LuLing, was born in China and raised by a horribly disfigured nursemaid…
Apr 11, 2007
As in her other books, Amy Tan digs through the layers of a family's history, the story melding the past ? and another culture ? with the present and Western culture. The daughter's relationship with her mother propels the book, yet it's…