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A tense, page-turning psychological drama about the making and breaking of a family, about a woman whose experience of motherhood is nothing at all what she hoped for--and everything she feared. Blythe Connor is determined that she will be the warm, comforting, supportive mother to her new baby Violet that she herself never had. But in the thick of motherhood's exhausting early days, Blythe becomes convinced that something is wrong with her daughter--Violet...

A selection of stories explores the unique bond between mothers and daughters, including the ways in which mothers mold their daughters, the lessons daughters teach their mothers, and the strength mothers and daughters find in each other.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Amy Tan’s modern classic that examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters—now with a new preface
“For me, [The Joy Luck Club] was one of those once-in-a-lifetime reading experiences that you cherish forever. It inspired me as a writer and still remains hugely inspirational.”—Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy...

A girl seeks to learn whose daughter she is: daddy's, mummy's, uncle's or aunt's? As she probes, the family secret comes out: one brother slept with the other brother's wife, a child was born and an arrangement was made. The setting is 1930s America with its social tensions reflected in the family. The first brother is a communist, the second is for the status quo.

When a young girl has a series of mishaps at home one day, her mother tries not to lose her temper-- and does not quite succeed.

Nena wants to be a Diva, with a capital D, just like her mommy, who's a star on Broadway. So she learns all she can about singing and dancing when she is at the theater and trains day and night to make her dreams come true.

Thirteen-year-old Ginger becomes the target of a disturbed woman who believes that she is her dead daughter.

Struggling to come to terms with a grave medical diagnosis, Heather Nelson is determined to forgo traditional medicine--to her father's chagrin--in hopes of finding answers and healing in Amish country. But first, she offers to drive her Amish friend, Grace Byler, to Ohio in order to find Grace's mother. Will mother and daughter, and one seriously ill graduate student, find the answers they long for? Or will "the telling" cause them all further pain?...

The life of a controversial mid-twentieth-century photographer is chronicled through her daughter's memories, interviews with her intimates, and excerpts from journals and letters documenting her quest for artistic legitimacy in the face of public notoriety.

"Valerie Wyatt is at the top of her game, she has parlayed her talent for entertaining and home decorating into a multimedia empire, and her name is synonymous with class and exquisite taste. And yet, though she has achieved enviable professional success, her ambition and hard work have given her little room for a personal life. She is divorced, and though she has a strong relationship with her daughter, she finds herself alone as her 60th birthday...