While the generational differences were like those experienced by other mothers and daughters, the cultural distinctions added another dimension. Tan found this particularly difficult as an adolescent. Tan's Chinese parents wanted Americanized children but expected them to think like Chinese. Suyuan continued the club when she came to the United States-hoping to bring luck to her family and friends and finding joy in that hope.Īmy Tan wrote the Joy Luck Club to try to understand her own relationship with her mother. The book's name comes from the club formed in China by one of the mothers, Suyuan Woo, in order to lift her friends' spirits and distract them from their problems during the Japanese invasion. The daughters try to understand and appreciate their mothers' pasts, adapt to the American way of life, and win their mothers' acceptance. Each of the four Chinese women has her own view of the world based on her experiences in China and wants to share that vision with her daughter.
Putnam's Sons in 1989, presents the stories of four Chinese-immigrant women and their American-born daughters.
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