Tan, Amy

Nai-nai tells her granddaughters the story of her outing, as a seven-year-old girl in China, to see the Moon Lady and be granted a secret wish.

When Bibi Chen, the leader of a group of twelve American tourists, mysteriously dies while on an art expedition in the Himalayan foothills of China, the remainder of the group discover that the Burma Road is filled with danger and uncertainty.

Kwan moves from China to live with her family in San Francisco and develops a relationship with her half sister Olivia. She confides in Olivia about the ghosts she hears telling her about love. Years later Kwan and her ghosts advise Olivia about her marriage.

Winnie and Helen have kept each other's worst secrets for more than fifty years. Now, because she believes she is dying, Helen wants to expose everything.

Kwan moves from China to live with her family in San Francisco and develops a relationship with her half sister Olivia, confiding in Olivia about the ghosts who advise her about love and relationships.

Nai-nai tells her granddaughters the story of her outing, as a seven-year-old girl in China, to see the Moon Lady and be granted a secret wish.

Kwan moves from China to live with her family in San Francisco and develops a relationship with her half sister Olivia, confiding in Olivia about the ghosts who advise her about love and relationships.

Violet Minturn, a half-Chinese, half-American courtesan who deals in seduction and illusion in Shanghai, struggles to find her place in the world, while her mother, Lucia, tries to make sense of the choices she has made and the men who have shaped her.

Presents a critical introduction to the work of the Chinese-American author, discussing her five novels, her short stories, her characters, language, and major themes.

Lifelong friends, Winnie and Helen, have kept each other's secrets for more than fifty years. It's now time for Winnie to tell her daughter, Pearl, about her past, which is a journey from a small island outside of Shanghai in the 1920's, across a ravaged China during World War II and eventually to the United States. Her tale contains a secret that not even Helen knows.