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The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan, is a look into the lives of four Chinese women and the lives of their daughters in America. It’s a testament to how these women became friends, their daughters growing up, and the difficulties they experienced in a new land. Throughout the novel, the four mothers and their daughters share memories of the joys and conflicts in their lives. It portrays the mothers’ struggles in China and their acceptance in America, and the daughters’ struggles of finding themselves as Chinese-Americans. The first vignette is told by the daughter of the club’s founder. Jing-mei Woo explains how the club first started in China and how it continues to the present. The stories, while separate, are woven together as we learn of subsequent deaths, divorces, and family reunions in later chapters. The feelings that mothers have concerning their daughters, how daughters feel abou