The bonesetter's daughter
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A mother and daughter find what they share in their bones in this compelling novel from the bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir.Ruth Young and her widowed mother have always had a difficult relationship. But when she discovers writings that vividly describe her mother's tumultuous life growing up in China, Ruth discovers a side of LuLing that she never knew existed.Transported to a backwoods village known as Immortal Heart, Ruth learns of secrets passed along by a mute nursemaid, Precious Auntie; of a cave where dragon bones are mined; of the crumbling ravine known as the End of the World; and of the curse that LuLing believes she released through betrayal. Within the calligraphied pages awaits the truth about a mother's heart, secrets she cannot tell her daughter, yet hopes she will never forget...Conjuring the pain of broken dreams and the power of myths, The Bonesetter's Daughter is an excavation of the human spirit: the past, its deepest wounds, its most profound hopes.
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Subjects
Subjects
China -- Fiction
Chinese American families
Chinese American families -- Fiction
Chinese American women
Chinese American women -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Drama
Fiction
FICTION / General
Literature
Mothers and daughters
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
Women
Women -- China -- Fiction
Women immigrants
Women immigrants -- Fiction
Chinese American families
Chinese American families -- Fiction
Chinese American women
Chinese American women -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Drama
Fiction
FICTION / General
Literature
Mothers and daughters
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
Women
Women -- China -- Fiction
Women immigrants
Women immigrants -- Fiction
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ISBN:
9780345457370
9781101202951
9781597770767
9781101202951
9781597770767
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.7, 18 Points
Level 5.7, 18 Points
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Grouping Title | bonesetter s daughter |
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Grouping Category | book |
Last Grouping Update | 2019-02-20 01:46:53AM |
Last Indexed | 2019-02-20 03:09:46AM |
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A mother and daughter find what they share in their bones in this compelling novel from the bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir. Ruth Young and her widowed mother have always had a difficult relationship. But when she discovers writings that vividly describe her mother's tumultuous life growing up in China, Ruth discovers a side of LuLing that she never knew existed. Transported to a backwoods village known as Immortal Heart, Ruth learns of secrets passed along by a mute nursemaid, Precious Auntie; of a cave where dragon bones are mined; of the crumbling ravine known as the End of the World; and of the curse that LuLing believes she released through betrayal. Within the calligraphied pages awaits the truth about a mother's heart, secrets she cannot tell her daughter, yet hopes she will never forget... Conjuring the pain of broken dreams and the power of myths, The Bonesetter's Daughter is an excavation of the human spirit: the past, its deepest wounds, its most profound hopes. |
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series | Ballantine reader's circle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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subject_facet | China -- Fiction, Chinese American families -- Fiction, Chinese American women -- Fiction, Domestic fiction, FICTION / General, Mothers and daughters -- Fiction, Women -- China -- Fiction, Women immigrants -- Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | The bonesetter's daughter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | The Bonesetter's Daughter, The bonesetter's daughter / Amy Tan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | The bonesetter's daughter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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topic_facet | Chinese American families, Chinese American women, Drama, Fiction, Literature, Mothers and daughters, Women, Women immigrants |