title: The Joy Luck Club: A Novel
author:  Amy Tan 
description: "Powerful as myth."&#160;&mdash;<i>The Washington Post Book World</i>
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  THE JOY 
  LUCK CLUB
  Amy Tan
  
  Contributors: Selena Ward, Katie Mannheimer, Sarah Friedberg
  Note: This SparkNote uses the Vintage Contemporaries edition of The Joy Luck Club, 
  as published in 1989 by Vintage Books. 
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  INTRODUCTION
  STOPPING TO BUY SPARKNOTES ON A SNOWY EVENING
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