The Kitchen God's Wife

De: Amy Tan

Narrado por: Amy Tan

Winnie Louie and Helen Kwong have always shared secrets, but now Helen wants to reveal them. Helen is convinced she is dying and decides to celebrate what might be her last Chinese New Year by telling all the secrets of her life, as well as Winnie Louie's and those of Winnie's daughter Pearl. There are some things, however, that Pearl would rather her mother didn't know. The result of Helen's tell-all mood is a series of comic misunderstandings and heartbreaking realizations about luck, loss, and trust. In this funny and touching novel Amy Tan reveals important truths about the effect of secrets kept and revealed, and the miraculous, resilient nature of love among mothers, daughters, and friends.

©1991 by Amy Tan (P)1991 by Dove Audio

Poor audio quality; Worth a listen

The poor audio quality of this audiobook almost made me foresake it. I'm so glad I didn't!

Days later, I find myself thinking about the story and the characters and their lives...

Amy Tan is such a good writer, and to hear the book read by her, gives clear voice (ha-ha) to her words, just as she imagined them. I could hear the mother rushing through her story, telling her adult daughter the truth about her life, story spilling out, words tripping over each other. I would have read it differently. It's a rare treat to hear what was in the author's mind!

Audio is horrible!

While I enjoyed this audiobook and anything from Amy Tan, this is the worst recording that I have ever heard! The audio quality is horrific and at times barely understandable. This may be a work from an earlier audio era, but at least give people a fair warning that the audio quality is terrible.

Good but could be better

What made the experience of listening to The Kitchen God's Wife the most enjoyable?

It was a good story and very entertaining.

What three words best describe Amy Tan’s voice?

I didn't like the voice because sometimes she spoke too quickly.

Any additional comments?

I wish there had been chapter breaks.

Great book crummy recording

This was a really well-written book. The story was captivating and a great example of historical fiction. However, the recording itself was really hard to listen to. The quality wasn't very high and I had to turn the volume up to be able to hear and understand what was being said.

Joy Luck Club

This is a great book and a great movie, but Amy Tan is not a very good reader. She should have had someone else read it.

Great except for recording quality

This is a beautiful though devastating story. It's a shame the recording quality is really bad and in need of remastering. The author is also a good reader - always a treat.

Horrible audio

What would have made The Kitchen God's Wife better?

It's a shame that the audio is so bad because this is a great story.

Great story, but bad audio quality.

The story was great, and very memorable. I found the characters rather well developed and I most definitely was able to understand their plight.
Though my only issue is that the audio quality wasn't very good. But that's rather understandable considering that this is probably a very old recording.

Very bad sound quality

This is a fascinating store of generational and geographical cultural changes in a mother and daughters lives.

Unfortunately the very poor sound quality made it very difficult to follow and understand.

It sounds like the recording was made from a TV show in another room...down the hallway.

Sorrowful story

Very nice follow up to my reading of The Opposite of Fate. I usually only read nonfiction but this was pretty close. All of us think we have it hard, but it always can be worse. Such resilience this story shows. Wish it were longer