The Valley of Amazement
The New York Times Book Review – Lesley Downer Written in Tan's characteristically economical and matter-of-fact style, The Valley of Amazement is filled with memorably idiosyncratic characters. And its array of colorful multilayered stories is given further depth by Tan's affecting depictions of mothers and daughters. Here are strong women struggling to survive all that […]
The Bonesetter's Daugher
The Hundred Secret Senses
The Joy Luck Club
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Opposite of Fate
Saving Fish From Drowning
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. Tan (The Bonesetter's Daughter) delivers another highly entertaining novel, this one narrated from beyond the grave. San Francisco socialite and art-world doyenne Bibi Chen has planned the vacation of a lifetime along the notorious Burma Road for 12 of her dearest friends. Violently murdered days before takeoff, she's reduced to […]