The Kitchen God's Wife

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Summary: It tells of female emotional strength and maternal love
Review: Amy Tan does it all the time. She knows exactly how to make your heart sing, cry, sympathize, wonder etc. all at once. Winnie is just such a strong individual and I really wonder how she managed to survive, but I think every battered wife and every fearful female should read `The Kitchen God's Wife'. As in `Joy Luck Club', the mother-daughter relationship plays a vital role in the book and I must confess: it is Amy Tan who made me think so much and so hard about my relationship with my mother. Chinese mothers can really be so puzzling and unpredictable because their culture brings in so many supernatural forces, superstitions, beliefs which may sound completely absurd to Westerners and other unthinkable aspects which are very much alive in their traditions. Even if you don't have a Chinese mother, `The Kitchen God's Wife' still digs deep into your thoughts and makes you reconsider just how well you know your mother. Just read it. If you open your heart to it, it will change your life.

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Summary: Heart-rending and hopeful
Review: This book moves on so many levels that it is amazing. The book is about spousal abuse, family relationships, true friendship, human strength, despair, and above all, hope. Anyone who enjoys a book that requires some emotional involvement will love this book. Amy Tan never seems to fail.

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Summary: This was a very excellent book
Review: I just finished reading The Kitchen God's Wife By Amy Tan. I had to read it for my Grade 12 Independant Study Unit, and let me say, it was an excellent book. I really enjoyed her style of writing, and the story line was very interesting.It kept me very involved in the story. It was one of my favorite books. It was a book os secrets, hardships and the love between a mother and daughter.

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Summary: My favorite Amy Tan novel
Review: I have enjoyed all of Amy Tan's books but this is by far my favorite. I found it easier to read and less confusing than The Joy Luck Club. It was easier for me to keep track of who was who. Not so many characters and Chinese names. A beautiful story about a mother and daughter relationship. When I finished it, I wanted to start all over again.

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Summary: the best of Amy Tan
Review: The Kitchen God's Wife was more of an emotional read than any of Amy Tan's other books. The comparison between Chinese and American culture is great. But, who is the father? This part left me hanging.

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Summary: EXCELLENT!!!
Review: Amy Tan is one of my favorite writers. Her books are so full of emotions, love and humors. "The Joy Luck Club" is my favorite, but this book has a different aspect on family relationships. I REALLY enjoyed reading this book!

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Summary: A great read!
Review: I loved this book, it is one of my all-time favorites. It is a gripping story of a daughter who does not know her mother at all until her mother tells her the harrowing story of her early life in China. Also, the mother-daughter theme is universal. Don't miss this book!

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Summary: Very Average
Review: I read this book when I first moved to Hong Kong, thinking that I would find it interesting. Although I didn't find it a bad book, it just didn't really grip my attention. I thought maybe it was me, as a non-Chinese, but my girlfriend, who is Canadian-born Chinese, had the same opinions as I did. The best book I've read so far that's along similar lines as the "Kitchen God's Wife" is "Wild Swans". If you want to learn about Chinese people and China and not be bored stiff reading some historical treatise - check out "Wild Swans"

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Summary: A great novel for mothers and daughters of all ages!
Review: Amy Tan's second novel, The Kitchen God's Wife, is as entrancing and fulfilling as her first, The Joy Luck Club. The relationship of mother to daughter is often complicated, nationality aside. Misunderstanding characterizes the relationship of Chinese-born Winnie and Chinese-American Pearl, until Winnie begins to unravel a story which reveals a world formerly unknown to Pearl, a world of abuse, heartache, mystery, war, and friendship. Anyone interested in relationships between mothers and daughters will enjoy this novel. It's the kind of book you'd want your mother AND daughter to read with you

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Summary: Unraveled secrets of the past unites mother and daughter
Review: The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan is a historical book revealing the life of hardship. When reading this book be sure to have a box of tissue by your side.It is about a mother and daughter, Pearl and Winnie.Their secretcy from one another has always kept them apart. It would seem normal for a typical Chinese to just not talk about the past and especially the one Winie has led. In the mist of things Winie begins to tell about her past life, revealing a second marriage, and children that were left behind. These are secrets meant to be kept forever, but as they unravel it draws the two closer together