THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER - Amy Tan
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""As compelling as Tan's first bestseller, The Joy Luck Club. . . No one writes about mothers and daughters with more empathy than Amy Tan." -The Philadelphia Inquirer " An] absorbing tale of the mother-daughter bond . . . this book sing s] with emotion and insight." -People Ruth Young and her widowed mother, LuLing, have always had a tumultuous relationship. Now, before she succumbs to forgetfulness, LuLing gives Ruth some of her writings, which reveal a side of LuLing that Ruth has never known. . . . In a remote mountain village where ghosts and tradition rule, LuLing grows up in the care of her mute Precious Auntie as the family endures a curse laid upon a relative known as the bonesetter. When headstrong LuLing rejects the marriage proposal of the coffinmaker, a shocking series of events are set in motion-all of which lead back to Ruth and LuLing in modern San Francisco. The truth that Ruth learns from her mother's past will forever change her perception of family, love, and forgiveness. "A strong novel, ...
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2001Uitgever: harpercollins308 paginasTaal: NederlandsISBN-10: 0002254867ISBN-13: 9780002254861Koop dit boek tweedehands
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33 AMY TAN, LONDON, 2001, FLAMINGO, GEBONDEN UITGAVE MET STOFOMLAG, 308 BLZ., 1E DRUK, STAAT ALS NIEUW, ISBN 0002254867 [Pagina's: 308] [Jaar: 2001] [Titel: THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER]
