If you loved
Books like The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan: what to read next, and why.
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The Namesake
Another American novel about immigrant parents and a child who feels caught between two worlds.
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Shares the focus on women's lives under rigid social expectations in an East Asian setting.
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The Color Purple
Also gives different women space to tell their stories, ending in a similar sense of hard-won warmth.