The Bonesetter's Daughter
by Amy Tan | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0804114986 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0804114986 Global Overview for this book
Registered by harmaja of Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on 6/29/2004
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
4 journalers for this copy...
A cheap second-hand bookstore find. I'm going to read this at some point, but any local bookcrossers willing to read it before me are very welcome to do so. I just hope I'll get the book back some day.
Got this book from harmaja today. Thanks!
Book description:
Ruth Young and her widowed mother, LuLing, have always had a tumultuous relationship. Now, before she succumbs to forgetfulness, LuLing gives Ruth some of her writings, which reveal a side of LuLing that Ruth has never known. . . .
In a remote mountain village where ghosts and tradition rule, LuLing grows up in the care of her mute Precious Auntie as the family endures a curse laid upon a relative known as the bonesetter. When headstrong LuLing rejects the marriage proposal of the coffinmaker, a shocking series of events are set in motion–all of which lead back to Ruth and LuLing in modern San Francisco. The truth that Ruth learns from her mother’s past will forever change her perception of family, love, and forgiveness.
Book description:
Ruth Young and her widowed mother, LuLing, have always had a tumultuous relationship. Now, before she succumbs to forgetfulness, LuLing gives Ruth some of her writings, which reveal a side of LuLing that Ruth has never known. . . .
In a remote mountain village where ghosts and tradition rule, LuLing grows up in the care of her mute Precious Auntie as the family endures a curse laid upon a relative known as the bonesetter. When headstrong LuLing rejects the marriage proposal of the coffinmaker, a shocking series of events are set in motion–all of which lead back to Ruth and LuLing in modern San Francisco. The truth that Ruth learns from her mother’s past will forever change her perception of family, love, and forgiveness.
I never did get around to reading this book. I liked The Hundred Secret Senses, which was the first ever BookCrossing book I caught, and I wanted to read more by Amy Tan, but it looks like I have too many other books to read. :)
I gave the book back to harmaja. Thanks for letting me borrow it!
Sorry for journalling this controlled "catch" so late! I also believe I have so many books to read at this point that I will release this one soonish.
Journal Entry 6 by harmaja at Roihuvuoren kylätalo, Tuhkimon leikkipuisto in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Sunday, November 11, 2012
Released 11 yrs ago (11/11/2012 UTC) at Roihuvuoren kylätalo, Tuhkimon leikkipuisto in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Kirja vapautuu Roihuvuoren kylätalon upouuteen kierrätyshyllyyn. Onnea löytäjälle & kylätalolle!
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This book will be released in the Roihuvuori village hall, in the book recycling shelf. Happy reading!
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This book will be released in the Roihuvuori village hall, in the book recycling shelf. Happy reading!
In between stop, to check labels and readiness to go in the world and waiting to be released in Vuosaari.
Journal Entry 8 by hippolein at Vuosaaren kirjasto in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Friday, October 17, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (10/17/2014 UTC) at Vuosaaren kirjasto in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Kirja vapautuu Vuosaaren Kirjaston kirjahyllyyn (juuri sisäänkäynnin viereen!).
It's great to see this old BC-books still in circulation! It has taken the book a bit over two years to make it from the Vuosaari Library to the OBCZ-bookshelf next to Maria's cafeteria in the shopping mall (400 meters, perhaps).
I left the book there, but I guess I'll have to make a new release journal because the location is wrong here.
Pic: Added a real bonesetter's picture here, Kutna Hora's Bone Church.
I left the book there, but I guess I'll have to make a new release journal because the location is wrong here.
Pic: Added a real bonesetter's picture here, Kutna Hora's Bone Church.
Journal Entry 10 by kirjakko at OBCZ Columbus in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Friday, February 3, 2017