I finally got a chance to read this last year. very interesting book about mothers who came from China and the relationships with their daughters. each mother has her own story of her life in China and it explains why she is the adult she became. each mother has some friction with their daughters. sometimes humerous and other times heartbreaking. and a very interesting history of the mothers.

This book is so beautifully crafted it would get 5 stars even if it were not one of the best novels ever written about Chinese women in American life - the struggles that we all share as women but culturally appropos to the Chinese immigrants and their children. This was a glorious read. Amy Tan is amazing.

This is a good book for people interested in the Asian culture - also it is just a great read.

I read "The Joy Luck Club" when it was published over 10 years ago, and then I listened to the story again on tape this week. It's an amazing accomplishment by Amy Tan. The book is based on the lives of four Chinese women and their grown daughters living in San Francisco. It alternates between stories of the mothers' lives in China and the daughters' lives growing up in the United States and the challenges they face dealing as adults with their mothers. I got a real sense of what life was like in China for women in the '30s and '40s, which was interesting, and I enjoyed the mother-daughter relationship theme. The book flowed easily and was hard to put down. If you haven't read "The Joy Luck Club," I highly recommend it. The movie is great, too.

An excellent book that I, as a first generation Asian American can relate to perfectly. After reading this book, it made me appreciate my mom, grandma (whom I usually dislike), and my culture, which is hard for me to relate to. Also, a little bit of man-bashing, which is always good in small doses.

Joy Luck Club brings you along the sorrowful, yet happy lives of four old ladies in China. The reader gets a feel for growing up in Communist China. The story is honest and moving.

Being an Asian American woman, I could relate to the four stories Amy Tan tells in this book. All the Chinese legends and supersitions I have heard first hand from my mother when I was young were in the novel, which I found very heartwarming. This is great reading material for non-asian people seeking insight on Asian heritage and family life.

I think the simple way to describe this book is to say it is about four first-generation American women and their relationships with their Asian-born mothers. This of course is true. But it is also an amazingly complex story - woven between two generations - all very well told. I highly recommend it.

A book that was just not for me. Slow start, bad choice.

quite good but depressing on so many levels

Amazing story of Asian-American life from the point of view of the immigrant and those born here and how different and similar their experiences can be.

I really enjoyed all of the seperate stories and the way they all came together in the end. The tales were vivid and memorable.