Joyce C. (Cageme) reviewed Oh Mom on 11/19/2008 + 258 more book reviews

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Second time round with Amy Tan. I had listened to this personal memoir in the distant past and now it all has come back to me. Read, listen and love these ladies of China. Amy Tan's upbringing in a household filled with traditions and beliefs of both Fate and Faith warms the heart. Mama is a hoot. Life after "Joy Luck Club" Mama, the survivor, proves to be endearing with a wry and caustic manner as the hub of this story. The family endures years of hardship but remains triumphant under the rein of a slightly crazy and manipulative Chinese matriarc. The "Opposite of Fate" is for the reader to discover. I laughed and cried at places and found that the mystical foundation rooted in ghosts and ghostly communications opened up possibilities of life after death. Read it!

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