Amy Tan
Paperback | Pages: 387 pages Rating: 3.99 | 115400 Users | 3379 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Bonesetter's Daughter |
| ISBN: | 0345457374 (ISBN13: 9780345457370) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Ruth Young, LuLing, Bibi Tersayang, GaoLing |
| Setting: | China San Francisco, California(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2001), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2003) |
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Ruth Young and her widowed mother, LuLing, have always had a tumultuous relationship. Now, before she succumbs to forgetfulness, LuLing gives Ruth some of her writings, which reveal a side of LuLing that Ruth has never known. . . .In a remote mountain village where ghosts and tradition rule, LuLing grows up in the care of her mute Precious Auntie as the family endures a curse laid upon a relative known as the bonesetter. When headstrong LuLing rejects the marriage proposal of the coffinmaker, a shocking series of events are set in motion–all of which lead back to Ruth and LuLing in modern San Francisco. The truth that Ruth learns from her mother’s past will forever change her perception of family, love, and forgiveness.
Particularize Appertaining To Books The Bonesetter's Daughter
| Title | : | The Bonesetter's Daughter |
| Author | : | Amy Tan |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 387 pages |
| Published | : | February 4th 2003 by Ballantine Books (first published February 19th 2001) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. China. Asia |
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Ratings: 3.99 From 115400 Users | 3379 ReviewsWrite Up Appertaining To Books The Bonesetter's Daughter
I enjoyed this - very much in fact; and I was surprised because it's not my usual fare - I don't go for "Bestsellers". Tan splits the story into three sections told by mother and daughter - in first person, which works well. Ruth is second-generation Chinese/American, and her story comes first, set in 2009. She tells us about her very difficult relationship with her aging mother, Luling. The second part - set in Immortal Heart village, rural north China is Luling's story of her growing up, andI really enjoyed this one, having wanted to read this one for years. Set in both pre-communist China and modern day California, telling the story of Ruth and her mother LuLing. It is not an easy relationship at all. LuLing is quarrelsome, manipulative, and has made Ruth's life hell for many years. Ruth tries to be understanding, but her mother is driving her crazy and when the doctors say that LuLing is sliding into dementia, Ruth's life turns upside down and leaving her to pick up the pieces.
https://www.nytimes.com/books/01/02/1... ''The Bonesetter's Daughter'' is divided into three sections. The first, set in present-day California, introduces us to Ruth Young, a Chinese-American woman whose 10-year relationship with the man she loves is deteriorating for reasons she doesn't understand. When her mother shows signs of dementia, Ruth suddenly becomes aware of what her mother's memory loss means: the disappearance of stories that will help Ruth understand her family and give her the
3.5 stars - struggled to get into it for the first part but then I really started to enjoy it when it went more to the past!
This was the first Amy Tan book I read. This book wasn't specifically recommended, but the author was. I was expecting something magical to happen as I turned the pages, but I couldn't get past the first four or five chapters of the book. Besides the overly long sections of actionless description (the story stagnated because of a poor balance between backstory, scene setup and description, and actual let's-move-things-along plot), the main character Ruth is so weak and whiny that I couldn't
4 - 4.5 stars.Tan portrayed in a great way the cultural and language conflicts between migrant parents and their kids.I also enjoyed the part of the book set in China from 1915 to 1950.
As an adolescent reader, Amy Tan used to be one of my favorite authors, yet, at the time, I did not appreciate the scope of her writing. One of my 2017 reading goals is to revisit authors I read during that time so as to fully enjoy their work. The Bonesetter's Daughter, an sweeping novel that takes a reader from California to prerevolutionary China and back again, is the second of Tan's books that I have read this year. A story featuring a strong mother-daughter connection that is emblematic of
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