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A list of books by Amy Tan, such as "The Joy Luck Club."

Sagwa : The Chinese Siamese Cat
A book for children -- the story of Sagwa of China, a mischievous, pearl white kitten.

The Bonesetter's Daughter
"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."

The Chinese Siamese Cat
"The Truth is," Ming Miao told her five kittens, "you are not Siamese cats but Chinese cats. As a matter of fact, one of our family's ancestors from a thousand cat lives ago was the famous feline Sagwa of China..."

The Hundred Secret Senses
"Set in San Francisco and in a remote village of southern China, this is a tale of American pragmatism shaken, and soothed, by Chinese ghosts." -- From the Publisher

The Joy Luck Club
"Each story is a fascinating vignette, and together they they weave the reader through a world where the Moon Lady can grant any wish, where a child, promised in marriage at two and delivered at 12, can, with cunning, free herself; where a rich man's concubine secures her daughter's future..." -- From the Publisher

The Kitchen God's Wife
"Amy Tan follows the success of The Joy Luck Club with this moving story of two women who have kept each other's secrets for forty years." -- Book Description

The Moon Lady
A book for children. "On a rainy afternoon, Maggie, Lily, and June listen as their grandmother tells a story from her childhood. Long ago, during the Moon Festival while waiting for the Moon Lady to appear and grant wishes, Ying-ying discovers the best wishes are those you make come true yourself." -- From the Publisher

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