Book Review: The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan revisits familiar themes of mother-daughter bonds, cultural identity, and the enduring scars of separation, but on an epic, sweeping scale. Spanning over forty years and two continents, this novel is as much a saga of survival as it is a Read More
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Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan
Book Review: Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan takes a sharp turn from her usual mother-daughter themes to explore cultural misunderstanding, Western privilege, and the line between truth and illusion — all through the lens of dark comedy and surreal adventure. The novel follows a group of American Read More
The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan
Book Review: The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan is a beautifully layered novel about memory, identity, and the complicated love between mothers and daughters. Tan once again proves her mastery in weaving past and present, myth and memory, into a poignant story that resonates across generations. The novel follows Read More
The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan
Book Review: The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan is a powerful and emotionally layered novel that explores the hidden histories mothers carry and the complicated bonds they share with their daughters. At its heart, this is a story about survival, secrets, and the enduring strength of women Read More
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
Book Review: The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan In The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan, the author once again delves into the complexities of cultural identity, family bonds, and the invisible threads that connect past and present. With this novel, she moves beyond the dualities of East and West to explore the realms Read More
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Book Review: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan is a deeply moving and intricately woven novel that explores the ties between mothers and daughters, tradition and change, memory and identity. Through the voices of four Chinese American daughters and their immigrant mothers, Tan crafts a poignant portrait Read More
The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki
Book Review: The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki is a gentle, whimsical escape into a world where the everyday and the otherworldly blend as smoothly as cream into coffee. Mochizuki invites readers into a quiet Kyoto café that opens only on nights of the full Read More
While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector’s Search for Freedom in America by Yeonmi Park
Book Review: While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector’s Search for Freedom in America by Yeonmi Park While Time Remains by Yeonmi Park offers a bold and deeply personal follow-up to her first memoir, In Order to Live. Having survived the horrors of North Korea and the trauma of her escape, Park now turns her Read More
Stars Between the Sun and Moon: One Woman’s Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom by Lucia Jang
Book Review: Stars Between the Sun and Moon: One Woman’s Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom by Lucia Jang Stars Between the Sun and Moon by Lucia Jang is a searing, deeply personal account of a woman’s struggle to survive — and ultimately escape — one of the most repressive regimes in the Read More
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
Book Review: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick In Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick, the author masterfully weaves together the true stories of six North Korean defectors, offering a rare and intimate look at life inside one of the world’s most isolated and secretive nations. Through years of careful Read More