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The Hundred Secret Senses
by Amy Tan

The Hundred Secret Senses
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Author: Amy Tan
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Published: 1996-10-30
ISBN: 080411109X
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Ivy Books

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Book Review: Entertaining yarn about Chinese and American sisters.
Summary: 5 Stars

Amy Tan's books always explore relationships with a rare warmth and humour. Here she again tells of the meeting of an American-Chinese mindset with that of the traditional Chinese. American born Olivia is half Chinese and half a very cynical American. When she is still young, her father dies leaving behind him one last wish - that his widow will locate and raise a mysterious Chinese daughter as her own. And so we meet the deliciously eccentric character of Kwan. Kwan talks of visits from the undead people of yin with Olivia, who is totally shocked. The tale of the two sisters battling to co-exist comes to the present day, in which hilarious Kwan will talk of her husbands testicles as freely as pickled onions. The sisters are bound by a secret promise, and far more alike than Olivia dares to admit. Kwan is determined to lead Olivia back to her ex-husband, even though Olivia does not share this desire. In order to do this, Kwan persuades them to take the trip of a lifetime with her at their side, back to the homeland. China is life-changing for all three of them. Again, Amy Tan triumphs with her rare ability to make cutting observations with the most wonderful warmth, and the reader has no choice but to giggle along with the eccentricities, and then in the turn of a sentence, feel moved to tears. A truly magical book by the end, as Olivia comes to understand why Kwan has always tried so hard to love her despite many rejections over the years. A pure pleasure to read, combining the mysticism of old China with the hollow cynicism of modern America. One is left yearning for more, especially of the wonderful Kwan.

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