<P> The Joy Luck Club is a 1989 novel written by Amy Tan . It focuses on four Chinese American immigrant families in San Francisco who start a club known as The Joy Luck Club , playing the Chinese game of mahjong for money while feasting on a variety of foods . The book is structured somewhat like a mahjong game , with four parts divided into four sections to create sixteen chapters . The three mothers and four daughters ( one mother , Suyuan Woo , dies before the novel opens ) share stories about their lives in the form of vignettes . Each part is preceded by a parable relating to the game . </P>
<P> The Joy Luck Club is a 1989 novel written by Amy Tan . It focuses on four Chinese American immigrant families in San Francisco who start a club known as The Joy Luck Club , playing the Chinese game of mahjong for money while feasting on a variety of foods . The book is structured somewhat like a mahjong game , with four parts divided into four sections to create sixteen chapters . The three mothers and four daughters ( one mother , Suyuan Woo , dies before the novel opens ) share stories about their lives in the form of vignettes . Each part is preceded by a parable relating to the game . </P>
where did the joy luck club take place
where did the joy luck club take place
San Francisco
San Francisco