Amy TanLiterary Fiction · Classics·b. 1952
The Kitchen God's Wife
Synopsis
For over fifty years, Winnie and Helen have shared each other's deepest secrets. Now, facing her own mortality, Helen wants to reveal everything, forcing Winnie to tell her daughter, Pearl, the truth about her past. Winnie recounts her life from a small island near Shanghai in the 1920s through World War II, detailing the events that ultimately led her to America in 1949.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10
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