Amy Tan — The Joy Luck Club

London, Heinemann, 1989 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart signed first edition copy of this novel on immigration and belonging by Amy Tan. The first edition.Signed by the author to the title page.In the publisher's original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A work by Amy Tan, an American author of Chinese heritage.The novel follows a group of Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, who meet weekly to play mahjong and tell stories of what they left behind in China. United in loss and new hope for their daughters" futures, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Their daughters, who have never heard these stories, think their mothers" advice is irrelevant to their modern American lives – until their own inner crises reveal how much they"ve inherited of their mothers" pasts.The novel has been widely discussed for its portrayal of Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters, especially around bilingual, bicultural, and intergenerational identity conflicts. In publisher's original red cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Light shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine, and the odd scarce spot to endpapers. The dust wrapper is very smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Author's signature to title page. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Fine.