The Kitchen God's Wife

By Amy Tan

The Kitchen God's Wife - Amy Tan
  • Release Date: 2006-09-21
  • Genre: Literary Fiction
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 275 Ratings

Description

"Remarkable...mesmerizing...compelling.... An entire world unfolds in Tolstoyan tide of event and detail....Give yourself over to the world Ms. Tan creates for you." —The New York Times Book Review

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. And Winnie angrily determines that she must be the one to tell her daughter, Pearl, about the past—including the terrible truth even Helen does not know. And so begins Winnie's story of her life on a small island outside Shanghai in the 1920s, and other places in China during World War II, and traces the happy and desperate events that led to Winnie's coming to America in 1949. The Kitchen God's Wife is "a beautiful book" (Los Angeles Times) from the bestselling author of novels like The Joy Luck Club and The Backyard Bird Chronicles, and the memoir, Where the Past Begins.

Reviews

  • Love between generations of women

    5
    By Sawyer's Nonni
    The love between the women in this book is beautiful but the strength they show through the years is amazing. I absolutely loved this book as I do love Amy Tan.
  • The Kitchen God Wife

    5
    By pmg11111
    Great entertaining story that is well written.
  • Like true life

    5
    By Sueatspring
    I love Amy Tan’s books/stories.
  • Boring.

    1
    By Leslieleo
    I gave up after 1/3 of nothing happening
  • The Kitchen God's Wife

    5
    By Peghyster
    By far the best book I have ever read! I loved everything about it. A must read!!
  • We are

    5
    By Sjtirp
    You i
  • The kitchen gods wife

    5
    By JessicaCheung97
    This is a very touching book
  • Ah-Mazing!!!

    5
    By Abfabn23
    I first read this as a sophomore in high school as part of an English assignment- the assignment was for a full month- I read the book in 2 days... revisiting it again- I love this story - so bold and beautifully written. keep the tissues close
  • Loved it, beautiful

    5
    By LaSeleniata
    And powerfully touching.