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THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER

THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER

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THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER

by Tan, Amy

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Ballantine, 2001. Paperback. Fine. Octavo, softcover, fine in red and white pictorial wraps. . 381 pp. including reader's guide plus questons and topics for discussion. In memories that rise like wisps of ghosts, LuLing Young searches for the name of her mother, the daughter of the Famous Bonesetter from the Mouth of the Mountain. Trying to hold on to the evaporating past, she begins to write all that she can remember of her life as a girl in China. Meanwhile, her daughter Ruth, a ghostwriter for authors of self-help books, is losing the ability to speak up for herself in front of the man she lives with and his two teenage daughters.

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Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club , The Kitchen God’s Wife , The Hundred Secret Senses , and two children’s books, The Moon Lady and The Chinese Siamese Cat , which has been adapted as Sagwa , a PBS series for children. Tan was also the co-producer and co-screenwriter of the film version of The Joy Luck Club , and her essays and stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Her work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Tan, who has a master’s degree in linguistics from San Jose University, has worked as a language specialist to programs serving children with developmental disabilities. She lives with her husband in San Francisco and New York. From the Paperback edition.

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Title
THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER
Author
Tan, Amy
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Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Fine
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ISBN 10
0345457374
ISBN 13
9780345457370
Publisher
Ballantine
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2001

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