The Kitchen God’s Wife
Author: Amy Tan
A stunning reissue of the international bestseller, from the much-loved author of The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter’s Daughter. Pearl Louie Brandt has a terrible secret which she tries desperately to keep from her mother, Winne Louie. And Winnie has long kept her own secrets — about her past and the confusing circumstances of Pearl’s birth. Fate intervenes in the form….Read More
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