Author: Amy Tan

This might be the best Amy Tan book yet. The story follows three generations of women, two of whom are courtesans in the most exclusive houses in Shanghai. The story spans more than forty years with the struggles of first the mother, Lulu, and then those of her daughter, Violet.

Each mother loses her child at some point but by the end of the book the three generations have been reconnected.

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