Joy Luck Club - Joy Luck Club

In the first chapter of the Joy Luck Club the author starts by talking about the person who started the Joy Luck Club, Suyuan Woo. The first chapter was told in a first person perspective. The daughter of Suyuan Woo, Jing-Mei describes her mother's past. She tells us that her mother was once rich in China and married an officer of the Chinese army. Then war broke out and the rich became the poor and the poor poorer. In the time of poverty and sadness June's mother started a small club. Everyday the members would gather around and celebrate, temporarily forgetting all their troubles.

After Suyuan Woo immigrated to the United States she started the San Francisco version of the Joy Luck Club and she tells us her experience of being in the club for the first time.

When Suyuan Woo died the other members of Joy Luck Club give her daughter a plane ticket, some money and information about her long lost siblings. Telling June that it was her mother last request to give June the job of finding her siblings in China.

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