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Title: One of the best first books I've read
Review: Well, actually this is more like one of the best books I've read, period. Sometimes we find it so hard to understand our loved ones' point of view, just like the Chinese-thinking mothers and their Americanized daughters depicted here. I love every story in the book, but the ones I liked best were the ones about Waverly Jong and her childhood struggles with her upstart mother; An-Mei Hsu's mother, the Fourth Wife, and her final revenge against the man that ruined her life; and Suyuan Woo's life during the war, and her Long Cherished Wish. All the stories are enthralling and wistful, and the clash of the modern, urban lifestyle of the second generation against the first's more traditional one is amazingly, beautifully described. After you've read this book you'll be left craving more, so run and get the other books by Amy Tan, which are as excellent as this one.
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