Quotes from workThe Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club is a 1989 novel written by Amy Tan. It was also eventually turned into a short story. It focuses on four Chinese American immigrant families in San Francisco who start a club known as The Joy Luck Club, playing the Chinese game of mahjong for money while feasting on a variety of foods. The book is structured somewhat like a mahjong game, with four parts divided into four sections to create sixteen chapters. The three mothers and four daughters share stories about their lives in the form of vignettes. Each part is preceded by a parable relating to the game.
Source: The Joy Luck Club (1989), Ch. 7, pg. 121
“Now that I'm angry at Harold, it's hard to remember what was so remarkable about him.”
Source: The Joy Luck Club (1989), Ch. 9, pg. 155
Source: The Joy Luck Club (1989), Ch. 3, pg. 63
Source: The Joy Luck Club (1989), Ch. 15, pg. 254
Source: The Joy Luck Club (1989), Ch. 4, pg. 81
“It is because I had so much joy that I came to have so much hate.”
Source: The Joy Luck Club (1989), Ch. 14, pg. 247
Source: The Joy Luck Club (1989), Ch. 13, pg. 240
“I saw what I had been fighting for: it was for me, a scared child…”
Source: The Joy Luck Club (1989), Ch. 10, pg. 183
Source: The Joy Luck Club (1989), Ch. 12, pg. 207
