The Kitchen God's Wife

by Amy Tan

Again first Amy Tan. Exceptionally expressive so much that the scenes are vivid as she writes about the China during war and before that also. The women, the men, the American influence even the food.

There is one thing though, 1000 Splendid Suns has covered lesser miseries than this book. But its also like Gone with the Wind - a triumph of the spirit.

As Winne tells the story of herself while she was in China (before moving to America) to her daughter, by way of removing the guilt she has for hiding secrets - Amy Tan takes you to places and people you have never been to or met before. You get involved in the miseries, the joys of this little Chinese woman, in the end almost making you swallow the big lump which forms in your throat.

Read it, but only when you are happy in life :)