The Kitchen God's Wife

As a Chinese who hasn't experienced the traumatic war, this book lets me know more about how people suffered in the war and I am glad that the daughter and mother finally reunite, overcoming their mental distances. It's so terrible to know that millions of Chinese women led such a terrible, helpless life, with their fate controlled by the men. In the end, Pearl's mother eventually found a happy...more

As a Chinese who hasn't experienced the traumatic war, this book lets me know more about how people suffered in the war and I am glad that the daughter and mother finally reunite, overcoming their mental distances. It's so terrible to know that millions of Chinese women led such a terrible, helpless life, with their fate controlled by the men. In the end, Pearl's mother eventually found a happy life, but how about the numerous, nameless Chinese women? Amy Tan did not experience the war, but she's so good at describing it and I think Amy Tan's mother has to be given credits, because she's the inspiration of this book to the author.   hide

Wonderfully inventive writing carries the reader through the wringer of a difficult mother-daughter relationship, as well as through difficult pieces of Chinese history.

I love her 1st person narrating, it's a more personable approach..:D

Amy Tan is very good at describing. I feel like I'm talking with my own grandmom. Her narrative style makes it real