The Joy Luck Club

By: Amy Tan

Narrated by: Gwendoline Yeo

For decades, a quartet of Chinese women who have emigrated to San Francisco gather to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk—they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Over the years, their stories have informed the lives of four daughters who feel the weight of family and world history on their shoulders. With wit and sensitivity, this novel explores the deep, complicated, and sometimes painful connections between mothers and daughters. Amy Tan entices listeners to immerse themselves into the complex lives of these women.

©2008 Amy Tan (P)2008 Phoenix Books, Inc.

Clodes

I love this story - it’s beautifully written and ties up loose ends (important for me). The narrator sometimes made my skin prickly. She did a fair job, but when she snickers and does certain voices - I just can’t. . The thing that stood out the most was the way she called clothes, clodes. Unbelievable how many times this word is in the book, and I heard it every time.

Terrible narrator

Good book, but the narration was awful. Her accents were all over the place and her voices cheapened and ruined some of the characters. She sounded like Yoda on several occasions. Meh. Audiobooks are always a tossup and bad narration can ruin a good time.

The Joy Luck Club

The book and Movie are both fantastic!! I’ve always been interested in mother/daughter relationship books and this doesn’t disappoint. I love the culture that’s added. Chinese culture is so beautiful and interesting. I enjoy this book over and over again.

Beautiful story!

One of the best books I’ve listened to! This reader has a soothing voice. The story is poignant and powerful. I should’ve read this 20’years ago!

Like I was reading about my own family

Loved it….brings me back to my childhood and hearing stories from my mom. Enjoyed it very much.