Source: The Joy Luck Club (1989), Ch. 8, pg. 134
Quotes from work
The 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.
“Your father is not my first husband. You are not those babies.”
Source: The Joy Luck Club (1989), Ch. 1, pg. 26
“Even though I was young, I could see the pain of the flesh and the worth of the pain.”
Source: The Joy Luck Club (1989), Ch. 2, pg. 48
Source: The Joy Luck Club (1989), Ch. 8, pg. 154
The Joy Luck Club (1989), Chapter 1, First lines
