{"product_id":"the-kitchen-gods-wife-paperback","title":"The Kitchen God's Wife - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Tan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinnie 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Kitchen God's Wife \u003c\/i\u003eis \"a beautiful book\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) from the author of bestselling novels like \u003ci\u003eThe Joy Luck Club \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Valley of Amazement\u003c\/i\u003e, and the memoir, \u003ci\u003eWhere the Past Begins.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Tan \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Joy Luck Club\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Kitchen God's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hundred Secret Senses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bonesetter's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaving Fish from Drowning\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Valley of Amazement\u003c\/i\u003e, and two children's books, \u003ci\u003eThe Moon Lady \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Chinese Siamese Cat\u003c\/i\u003e, which was adapted into a PBS television series. Tan was also a coproducer and co-screenwriter of the film version of\u003ci\u003e The Joy Luck Club\u003c\/i\u003e. Her essays and stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, and her work has been translated into thirty-five languages. She lives with her husband in San Francisco and New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.12 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kitchen God's Wife\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47652532060408,"sku":"9780143038108","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/Z25iaHpqL0h0TUhYc1dRT3owbm4yQT09.webp?v=1765871737","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-kitchen-gods-wife-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}