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ENG430: Joy Luck Club

About the Book

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
In 1949, four Chinese women--drawn together by the shadow of their past--begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks and "say" stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club--and forge a relationship that binds them for more than three decades.

"What was the Joy Luck Club?" in Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir (American Masters, PBS).

Full version of Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir is available through Kanopy.

About the Author

About Amy Tan
Bio and short interview from National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Reads.

NEA Big Read: Meet Amy Tan

About the Film

Director Wayne Wang on the Joy Luck Club - AFI Movie Club