In 1949, four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, gather to play mah jong, remember the past, and gossip into the night. United in unspeakable loss and new hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender memories that reveal those women’s strength, worries, and determination, which their American-born daughters reject as irrelevant. The daughters, in turn, recall pivotal moments of their own past, believing their mothers’ expectations have stymied their ability to face the uncertainties of the future. Amy Tan’s debut novel, widely regarded as a modern classic, shows us how the inheritance of pain and unsaid secrets can lead to misunderstanding and yet how love can still undo the damage and provide reconciliation.
1949年，甫移民至舊金山的四位中國女人相聚打麻將，討論著過去直到深夜。無法言說的失去和新的希望將他們連結在一起，為自己取了個名字「喜福會」。
譚恩美運用智慧和多愁善感檢視她們有時痛苦但絕大多數脆弱的時光，縱使在她們的女兒看來是毫不相關的，譚恩美揭開記憶中這些女人們的勇氣、擔憂和決心，而女兒們卻認為自己無法擁有面對未來的能力的關鍵就是母親們的期望。
譚恩美的出道小說被大眾稱作現代經典，讓我們看到傷痛的傳承和不被說出口的秘密如何加深隔閡，而愛又是如何修復傷害，調解世代間的誤解。
