Stephanie S. (punkinema) - , reviewed on 3/28/2010 + 305 more book reviews

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Ruth's life is anything but pleasant - she constantly worries, thinks she has issues when she doesn't. She lives with her S.O., Art, by choice (or so it seems) and generally walk on egg shells wherever she goes. Her biggest issue is her mother who is showing signs of dementia. The book is in two parts; the first part deals with Ruth and her life and I nearly stopped reading the book here because it was SO depressing! The second part is written by LuLing (Ruth's mother) that is a wonderful story about LuLing's life growing up in China. Ruth finds all the pages of her mother's writings when she decides to stay with her mother to determine what her mother needs and how badly her mother's memory has deteriorated. Part two is a journal really but great reading although a negative journey mostly. I doubt whether I would read another Amy Tan book just because it is such a downer.

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