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Title: Abridged is terrible
Review: I liked the idea of getting Joy Luck Club on CD and having it read by the author because my tenth grade English students are starting the book. However, "abridged" means just that: whole paragraphs and pages are left out! There are no warnings or any cues about when the narrator plans to skip ahead. By the time readers figure out what has happened, they have missed key ideas. My kids were so lost by the time we got to page 23, that we just quit. This recording might be fine for someone driving down the road just listening to get a taste of what the novel is about. It is useless if you want all the nuances of Chinese American culture that are possible with a close reading of the book. lk
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