The Joy Luck Club

English level:
CEF level B2/C1STAGE 6 - Human Interest
DescriptionThere are so many things that a mother wishes to teach her daughter. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to keep hoping, when hope is your only joy. How to laugh for ever.This is the story of four mothers and their daughters - Chinese-American women, the mothers born in China, and the daughters born in America. Through their eyes we see life in pre-Revolutionary China, and life in downtown San Francisco; women struggling to find a cultural identity that can include a past and a future half a world apart.
Key features* Word count 31,120Description
2,500 HEADWORDS
Average story length: 104 pages
Average word count: 30,000
Stage 6 Audio CDs: selected readers available on CD