chinese-american literature

"An introduction to Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club for high school students, which includes relevant biographical background on the author, explanations of various literary devices and techniques, and literary criticism for the novice reader"--Provided by publisher.

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.