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e old ladies practical adviprove their english through bible study class on wednesday nights and, later, through choir practi saturday . this was howparents t the hsus, the jongs, and the st. clairs. my theuld sehat the won of these falies also had unspeakable tragedies they had left behind in a and hopes theuldnt begin to express in their fragile english. or at least,ther reized the nuness in these wons faces. and she saw how quickly their eyes ved wheold theher idea for the joy luck club.

joy luck was an ideather reered frothe days of her first rriage in kweilin, before the japanese ca. thats why i think of joy luck as her kweilin story. it was the story she would always tellwhen she was bored, when there was nothing to do, when every bowl had been washed and the forca table had been wiped down twice, whenfather sat reading the neer and sking one pall mall cigarette after another, a warning not to disturb hi this is whenther would take out a box of old ski sweaters sent to us b