The Valley of Amazement is a novel by Amy Tan. [1] Like many of her works, it deals with mother-daughter relationship and is partly set in historical China. [2] An excerpt from the novel was published independently as Rules for Virgins. [3]

Amy Ruth Tan (born February 19, 1952) is an American author best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club (1989), which was adapted into a 1993 film. She is also known for other novels, short story collections, children's books, and a memoir.

Nov 5, 2013 · From the lavish parlours of Shanghai courtesans to the fog-shrouded mountains of a remote Chinese village—a sweeping, evocative epic of two women’s intertwined fates and their search for identity.

A deeply evocative narrative of the profound connections between mothers and daughters, imbued with Tan's characteristic insight and humor, The Valley of Amazement conjures a story of inherited trauma, desire and deception, and the power and obstinacy of love.

Sep 26, 2016 · ‘The Valley of Amazement’ is the story of three women, bound by blood and betrayal. But, as she struggles to understand her heritage, it is Violet’s determination to forge her own destiny that propels this bittersweet tale of family secrets, changing identities and lost love.

Fate, identity, love, and belonging are themes that wind through the lives of three generations of women in The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan. The novel details the turbulent lives that the three women have led and the circumstances that have caused them to …

Nov 5, 2013 · The Valley of Amazement is the latest multigenerational saga of love and loss and what constitutes a family as told during the tumultuous twentieth century amidst a backdrop of two world wars and other global conflicts by beloved author Amy Tan. The bonds that are held, sometimes fiercely, by family are sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes ...

Nov 8, 2013 · A lonely, difficult child — one of Tan’s signature prickly heroines — Violet takes solace in playing with her ferocious pet cat and in spying on the courtesans’ lovemaking.

Idiosyncratically metaphorical cat, that Carlotta: “Almost everyone in the house feared my pirate cat. She scratched those who chased her off the furniture. She howled like a ghost when she was stuck inside a wardrobe.”

Feb 12, 2014 · In her first novel in eight years, The Valley of Amazement (HarperCollins 2013), Amy Tan has woven an evocative narrative about the profound connections between mothers and daughters, a theme that returns readers to the territory …