from the first page:

These are the things I know are true:

My name is LuLing Liu Young. The names of my husbands were Pan Kai Jing and Edwin Young, both of them dead and our secrets gone with them. My daughter is Ruth Luyi Young. She was born in a Water Dragon Year and I in a Fire Dragon Year. So we are the same but for opposite reasons.

I know all this, yet there is one name I cannot remember. It is there in the oldest layer of my memory, and I cannot dig it out. A hundred times I wrote it down. I was only six then, but very smart. I could count. I could read. I had a memory for everything, and here is my memory of that winter morning.

I was sleepy, still lying on the brick k'ang bed I shared with Precious Auntie. The flue to our little room was furthest from the stove in the common room, and the bricks beneath me had long turned cold. I felt my shoulder being shaken. When I opened my eyes, Precious Auntie began to write on a scrap of paper, then showed me what she had written. "I can't see," I complained. "It's too dark."

She huffed, set the paper on the low cupboard, and motioned that I should get up....

copyright 2001, 403 pages, mass market paperback

Since I won't get to this book before I move in June or anytime soon after, I'm sending it out on a ring.

Shipping order (subject to change):
dg7500 (Manheim, PA, USA - US pref.)
thegoaliegirl (Painesville, OH, USA - US only)
Czersk (St. Paul, MN, USA - US pref.)
andersor (San Francisco, CA - int'l)
spiritinflight (Stirling, ON, Canada - Can. pref.) <----------here
Breeze144 (Windsor, ON, Canada - US/Can. pref.)
home to dospescados in Bloomington, IN, USA

"stand-by" (waiting for readers willing to ship international to sign up):
abrokenstarr (St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England - UK pref.)
Fluffy-Owl (Cambridge, England - UK pref.)
c-a-m (Sydney, NSW, Australia - Aus. only)

I have no set time period that I ask you to read this in -- I understand there is life beyond Bookcrossing! -- but just be considerate to your fellow ringmates waiting ever so patiently for their turn and keep it moving in a timely fashion. Media/surface mail is fine. Don't hesitate to let me know if you need to be moved farther down the list or removed altogether.

Arrived in today's mail....looking forward to getting started by mid-week. Thanks dospescados for including me in your bookring!

This was my first Amy Tan book, and I found it very engaging...an interesting look at the mother/daughter relationship, and how the dynamics of the relationship change through the years. Also of interest to me were the cultural differences and similarities. I've never been to any of the Asian countries, and am fascinated with their traditions and beliefs. All in all a very good read.

I've PM'd thegoaliegirl for mailing information, and will have it moving to it's next location as soon as I hear from her.

RELEASE NOTES:

Sending on it's way to thegoaliegirl. Sent out 4/27/06, via media mail w/ delivery confirmation #03060320000084777326

Received this earlier this week, upon moving back to WA after graduation. I've just started it and already am hooked. Will read it this week and send it on. Thanks for letting me join this one!

Mailed to Czersk yesterday (5/22) via media mail. Hope it gets there soon!

I really enjoyed this book. This is the first book that I've read by Amy Tan and I loved it! I flew through it and had a hard time putting it down. I definitely need to read more books by her! The mother daughter dynamic was great. Thanks for letting me have the chance to read this book!

The Bonesetter's Daughter is here! I'm not quite sure when it arrived as I've been on vacation and just returned from London. I am looking forward to reading this- it is second on my TBR list. I have always wanted to read an Amy Tan book. I actually have quite a collection of her novels, but just have never found myself reading one. I hope to get to it very soon!

I finished this book last night at the stroke of midnight- no lie. And I can honestly say that the ending was just perfect. I am one of those people who dwell on the endings of books. A good book can be absolutely ruined by a bad ending- usually these books have no ending at all. And though I cannot elaborate on the ending- what kind of bad BCer would I be to say such things in a journal?- I will say that the ending was beautifully executed and everyone has something good to look forward to :D

Now, back to the beginning. I thought for a while there that I was going to give up on the book. The first half of the book was all about Ruth whining and I couldn't stand it. But I stuck it out and the book morphed into this lovely story about LuLing- the Bonesetter's Daughter. Just like a fairy tale! I couldn't put the book down! It was poetic and oh, just lovely. I really like Amy Tan's writing style. I am looking forward to reading her other books. Thank you for the opportunity to read this one.

Received in today's mail! Thanks Czersk for passing it along. I have three more novels to read for school and then I will jump on this one!
I read The Kitchen God's Wife and loved it, so I have high expectations!
Thanks for sharing!

I really enjoyed this. A quick, but intriguing read with humorous and heartbreaking anecdotes throughout. I found the 'pregnancy' episode extremely entertaining.
I have PM'd spiritinflight and will send it on as soon as I can.
Thanks again!

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