The Bonesetter's Daughter

The Bonesetters Daughter dramatically chronicles the tortured devotedrelationship between LuLing Young and her daughter Ruth. . . . A strong novelfilled with id... » 

The Bonesetters Daughter dramatically chronicles the tortured devotedrelationship between LuLing Young and her daughter Ruth. . . . A strong novelfilled with idiosyncratic sympathetic characters haunting images historicalcomplexity significant contemporary themes and suspenseful mystery.Los Angeles TimesTAN AT HER BEST . . . Rich and hauntingly forlorn . . . The writing is soexacting and unique in its detail.San Francisco ChronicleFor Tan the true keeper of memory is language and so the novel is layeredwith stories that have been written downby mothers for their daughterspassing along secrets that cannot be said out loud but must not be forgotten.The New York Times Book ReviewAMY TAN HAS DONE IT AGAIN. . . . The Bonesetters Daughter tells acompelling tale of family relationships it layers and stirs themes of secretsambiguous meanings cultural complexity and selfidentity and it resonateswith metaphor and symbol.The Denver Post «