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The Kitchen God's wife

For fourty years, in China and in San Francisco, Winnie Louie and Helen Kwong have kept certian confidences. Suddenly, those shattering secrets are about to be revealed. So begins a series of comic misunderstandings and heartbreaking realizations about luck, loss, and trust; about the things a mother cannot tell her daughter, the secrets daughters keep, and the miraculous resiliency of love.

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  • "PLAYAWAY: Helen, convinced that she is dying of a terminal illness, decides to celebrate the Chinese New Year by unburdening herself of everybody's hidden truths; her own and Winnie's and also the dreadful news that Winnie's daughter Pearl has been keeping from her Mother. So begins a series of comic misunderstandings and heartbreaking realizations about luck, loss and trust, about the things a mother cannot tell her daughter the secrets daughters keep, and the miraculous resiliency of love."
  • "For forty years, in China and in San Francisco, Winnie Louie and Helen Kwong have kept certain confidences. Suddenly, these secrets are about to be revealed."
  • "Winnie Louie and Helen Kwong have been friends and confidants for 40 years. Now Helen feels she must reveal all the stored up secrets, resulting in misunderstandings and realizations about love, luck, loss, and truth."
  • "Helen and Winnie keep each other's secrets until Helen becomes convinced she is dying and decides to tell some secrets that could cause problems between Winnie and her daughter."
  • "For fourty years, in China and in San Francisco, Winnie Louie and Helen Kwong have kept certian confidences. Suddenly, those shattering secrets are about to be revealed. So begins a series of comic misunderstandings and heartbreaking realizations about luck, loss, and trust; about the things a mother cannot tell her daughter, the secrets daughters keep, and the miraculous resiliency of love."@en
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  • "Pearl has a terrible secret which she tries to keep from her mother, Winnie. Winnie also has long kept secrets of her own. Fate intervenes and we see a story of innocence and its loss, tragedy and survival and most of all, the enduring qualities of hope, love and friendship."@en
  • "For forty years, In China and in San Francisco, Winnie Louie and Helen Secrets are about to be revealed. Helen, convinced that she is dying of a terminal, illness, decides to celebrate the Chinese New Year by unburdening herself of everybody's hidden truths; her own and Winnie's and also the dreadful news that Winnie's daughter Pearl has been keeping from her mother. So begins a series of comic misunderstandings and heartbreaking realizations about luck, loss and trust, about the things a mother cannot tell her daughter the secrets daughters keep, and the miraculous resiliency of love."@en
  • "For forty years, in China and in San Francisco, Winnie Louie and Helen Kwong have kept certian confidences. Suddenly, those shattering secrets are about to be revealed. So begins a series of comic misunderstandings and heartbreaking realizations about luck, loss, and trust; about the things a mother cannot tell her daughter; the secrets daughters keep; and the miraculous resiliency of love."@en
  • "For forty years, in China and in San Francisco, Winnie Louie and Helen Kwong have kept certain confidences. Suddenly, those shattering secrets are about to be revealed. So begins a series of comic misunderstandings and heartbreaking realizations about luck, loss, and trust; about the things a mother cannot tell her daughter, the secrets daughters keep, and the miraculous resiliency of love."@en
  • "Under threat of exposure from a dying friend, Winnie decides to reveal her dark past to Pearl, her daughter. As a result, she dramatically changes her own feelings about the past."@en
  • "Under threat of exposure from a dying friend, Winnie decides to reveal her dark past to Pearl, her daughter. She reveals her life near Shanghai and in China during World War II. In telling her story she casts off taboos, old wives tales, and regrets. As a result, she dramatically changes her own feelings about the past."

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  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
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  • "The Kitchen god's wife"
  • "The Kitchen God's wife"
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  • "The Kitchen God's Wife Read by Amy Tan"@en
  • "Amy Tan reads her novel The kitchen god's wife"@en
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