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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0399135782
ISBN-13: 9780399135781
Jun 1991
Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
415 pages
Language: English |
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Synopsis
Pearl gradually comes to understand her mother Jiang Weili (Winnie) as a heroic survivor, not a troublesome anachronism, as they begin to reveal secrets about themselves to one another. Winnie tells the story of how she escaped a horrible marriage to a cowardly fighter pilot in the Sino-Japanese war and how he may or may not be Pearl's father. Meanwhile Pearl gathers the strength confide her great secret, that she has multiple sclerosis, to her mother.
Industry Reviews
"A fine novel.... exuberant storytelling and rich drama."
Globe and Mail (Toronto) - Charles Foran (06/29/1991)
"'The Kitchen God's Wife' is bigger, bolder and, I have to say, better."
Washington Post Book World - Wendy Law-Yone (06/16/1991)
"Tan has transcended herself again."
Time - Pico Iyer (06/03/1991)
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