The Joy Luck Club

In 1949, four Chinese women -- drawn together by the shadow of their past -- begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks, eat dim sum, and “say” stories. Nearly forty years later, one of the members has died, and her daughter has come to take her place, only to learn of her mother's lifelong wish -- and the tragic way in which it has come true. The revelation of this secret unleashes an urgent need among the women to reach back and remember... In this extraordinary first work of fiction, Amy Tan writes about what is lost -- over the years, between generations, among friends -- and what is saved. Amy Tan was born in Oakland, California, in 1952, two and a half years after her parents immigrated to the United States. She visited China for the first time in 1987 and found it was just as her mother said: “As soon as my feet touched China, I became Chinese.” Gwendoline Yeo was born in Singapore and moved to America as a tween. She graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with a diploma in piano, and received her bachelors from UCLA. She won Miss Chinatown USA in 1998 which led to commercials, hosting and eventually a film and television career. She's best known as Eva Longoria's naughty maid, Xiao-Mei on Desperate Housewives, and was submitted for an emmy nomination as best female guest star. She was nominated for a NAMIC best actress award starring alongside Robert Duvall in AMC's emmy-winning western Broken Trail. TV credits include recurring on 24, NYPD Blue, JAG, General Hospital, Hannah Montana and Chuck. Film credits include The Magic of Ordinary Days, A Day Without a Mexican and The Jane Austen Book Club. She also loves the voice-over world having done many cartoons and games