A beautiful example of passing on history and culture through storytelling.

Four women, Chinese immigrants to San Francisco, meet and decide to form the Joy Luck Club, a place where they can eat, laugh, and talk with someone that understands. This is their stories and the stories of their American born daughters.

Some tales are heartbreaking, some harrowing, all told from the heart. I think this book does an amazing job highlighting not only the mother/daughter relationship but also the difficulty of being the first generation child of an immigrant; someone caught between two cultures and trying desperately to be loyal to family while fitting in with those around them.