The Bonesetter's Daughter
by Amy Tan
Taste attributes: dramafamilyhistoricalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalcoming of age
Boxlist takeStirring and serious: an unhurried novel, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
LuLing Young is in her eighties, and finally beginning to feel the effects of old age. Trying to hold on to the evaporating past, she begins to write down 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.
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- Author
- Amy Tan
- Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 353
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- Open Library
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