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Tan excels at locating the small, quotidian details of Californian domesticity and works the fissures and rifts between the generations very well. She can also blend hip, pop psychology with inherited Chinese lore to amusing effect. But the narrative starts to hum with energy and drive as the story is told from LuLing's perspective. The story shifts to a small Chinese village known as Immortal Heart, in the thirties, where LuLing's mother learnt her father's skill with a splint and special dragon bones dug out of a cave called Monkey's Jaw. The quality of the writing takes on the charm and compulsion of a fable as Ruth's grandmother's tragic life unfolds. In turn, Ruth uses what she learns of the maternal line of resilience to retrieve her own writing voice and vision: "These are the women who shaped her life, who are in her bones...They taught her to worry...They wanted her to get rid of the curses." As she recognises what her mother wants to remember, she begins to define what she wants for her own life.--Cherry Smyth --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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‘Compelling… exotic lands and the past lend themselves to poetry. Tan turns the familiar but harrowing accounts of pre-Communist Chinese women into a romantic and intriguing tale. LuLing is a classic Tan character, a resilient survivor who, like Olivia in “The Hundred Secret Senses”, betrays someone close to her with dire consequences.' TLS
'A classic… [told with] originality and humour… this is a delicious pagge-turner that keeps you guessing, laughing and crying until the end.' Sunday Express
'She is a dazzling storyteller, equally adroit at negotiating the pitfalls of Ruth's freewheeling partnership with Art and recreating traditional family life in rural China, with its superstition, ritual and social hierarchies. The Bonesetter's Daughter celebrates the importance of family history, in particular the stories shared between mother and daughter, and makes an unobtrusive plea for the right of all human beings, however humble or displaced, to an informed, sensitive and patient hearing.' Literary Review
'Could there be a better model for writers today than Amy Tan? She tells great stories with powerful themes: love, belonging, exile, death, compassion. She moves easily between pathos, comedy and joy. She never shows off – the technique is so perfect it is invisible. She is that rare, enviable creature, a literary novelist who writes bestsellers.
This is great tragic writing, looking at the worst of human experience with a compassionate and understanding eye. I doubt if any writer alive is capable of telling such a story.’ Scotland on Sunday
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Tan's portrayal of the Mother-daughter relationships is delicate and subtle yet moving, lucid and realistic.
The story of Lu-Ling and Precious Auntie is fascinating from both a historical and emotional point of view. Tan's ability to draw us into the an old world of fable and superstition is remarkable.
Tan's characterisation is also very accurate. Her characters have faults, they live in a world we all recognise.
The Bonesetters Daughter is joy to read, lyrical and vivid. I would recommend this book to any one, regardless of age or culture. This is a beautiful book and like it's author, should be celebrated.
It is a testament to her skill that fans never tire of the subject matter. Memories of her sharply-drawn charaters remain, long after the reading is done. For this reason any Amy Tan release an eagerly anticipated treat.
Here she has tapped into the rich seam of her Chinese cultural heritage to bring alive such vibrant, unforgettable characters as LuLing and the ill-fated Precious Auntie of her rapidly failing memory.
This work does not quite top the genius of "The One Hundred Secret Senses", but it will not disappoint Amy Tan fans. An absolutely cracking read.
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