![]() ![]() The novel was adapted into a 1993 film, executive produced by Oliver Stone and directed by Wayne Wang. Most of each chapter is dedicated to a flashback of the narrator's childhood, usually regarding a particular incident or series of events involving that character's mother. The book is structured in sixteen chapters, each narrated in first person by one of the characters the first four are told by the mothers, the next eight are told by the daughters, and the last four are told by the mothers, all with the exception of Suyuan Woo, who is dead at the beginning of the novel, so Jing-Mei takes her chapters. ![]() All of the mothers immigrated from China during their lives, and much of the book talks about their relationships with their mothers, with the exception of Suyuan Woo. The daughters are, respectively, Jing-Mei (June) Woo, Rose Hsu Jordan, Waverly Jong, and Lena St. The mothers are Suyuan Woo, An-Mei Hsu, Lindo Jong, and Ying-ying St. The book centers around four mother-daughter pairs living in San Francisco. The Joy Luck Club is a 1989 novel by Amy Tan. ![]()
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