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THE JOY LUCK CLUB

Contemporary Fiction GCSE General Fiction

By Amy Tan

Synopsis

Four mothers who have moved from pre-revolutionary China to San Francisco meet and form the Joy Luck Club to eat dim sum and to share stories. Forty years on they and their daughters tell stories of hope, loss and their struggle to come to terms with their cultural identity.

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Narrator Elizabeth Charles
Length 11hrs 10mins
Catalogue No. 9502
Publisher Vintage
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