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Ying-ying St. Clair falls into the lake at the Moon Festival and is separated from her family.
Part 1, Chapter 4Lindo Jong, two, is betrothed to Tyan-yu, the son of the wealthy Huang family.
Part 1, Chapter 3An-mei Hsu's mother commits suicide to give An-mei and her half-brother a better life.
Part 4, Chapter 1Ying-ying's first husband abandons her; she aborts their unborn child as revenge.
Part 4, Chapter 2Lindo weds Huang Tyan-yu; months later she successfully escapes the marriage.
Part 1, Chapter 3Suyuan Woo flees Kweilin with her twin daughters, then must abandon them when she becomes ill.
Part 4, Chapter 4Upon hearing the news of her first husband's death, Ying-ying agrees to marry Clifford St. Clair.
Part 4, Chapter 2An-mei's four-year-old son Bing drowns in the ocean under 14-year-old Rose's watch.
Part 2, Chapter 3Jing-mei joins the Joy Luck Club and learns her half-sisters in China have been found.
Part 1, Chapter 1| Part | Summary |
|---|---|
| Part 1, Prologue | The prologues at the beginning of each section of The Joy Luck Club are all parables, or simple stories used to illustra... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 1 | Jing-mei Woo, 36, attends her first meeting of the Joy Luck Club, a group of her parents' friends who gather regularly t... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 2 | Nine-year-old An-mei lives with her grandmother, Popo, and her brother at her aunt and uncle's house. She is told her mo... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 3 | Lindo Jong is betrothed to Huang Tyan-yu, a spoiled boy from a wealthy family, when she is only two years old. Ten years... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapter 4 | Ying-ying St. Clair remembers herself as a boisterous child. As she became a grown woman, however, she learned to keep "... Read More |
| Part 2, Prologue | The parable introducing the second part of The Joy Luck Club is about a little girl whose mother warns her not to ride h... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 1 | Waverly is the youngest of the three Jong children and the only girl. When she is seven her older brother Vincent receiv... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 2 | Lena St. Clair spends most of her childhood in fear of the unknown. What's really lurking in the pitch-black basement? W... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 3 | Rose Hsu Jordan is getting a divorce. Her soon-to-be-ex-husband, Ted, used to make all the decisions for the couple, but... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapter 4 | Jing-mei Woo's mother, Suyuan, insists she can be a child prodigy just like Waverly Jong, who is a national chess champi... Read More |
| Part 3, Prologue | A daughter gives her mother a tour of her new home, and the mother is alarmed to see a mirror at the foot of the bed. Sh... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 1 | Lena St. Clair is on edge during her mother's week-long stay at Lena's overpriced, underdesigned Woodside home. Ying-yin... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 2 | Waverly Jong is terrified to tell her mother she is marrying Rich Schields, a younger man with whom she works. This will... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 3 | Depending on who she's talking to, Rose Hsu Jordan vacillates between anger, sorrow, and relief about her impending divo... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapter 4 | Suyuan hosts a dinner for her own family and the Jongs. She buys enough crabs for the adults in the group, and the fishm... Read More |
| Part 4, Prologue | A grandmother talks to her baby granddaughter, who is gurgling and laughing. The woman says she was once just as innocen... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 1 | Nine-year-old An-mei leaves her aunt and uncle's house with her mother to live with her in Tientsin, where she is the th... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 2 | Ying-ying St. Clair was born in the Year of the Tiger, as was her daughter, Lena. According to Ying-ying the "gold side"... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 3 | Lindo Jong faults herself for her daughter's decidedly un-Chinese ways. She "wanted my children to have the best combina... Read More |
| Part 4, Chapter 4 | Jing-mei Woo and her father, Canning Woo, are on their way to Guangzhou, China, to visit Canning's family before flying ... Read More |
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