bibliobee finished reading The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
The Bonesetter's Daughter by AMY TAN, Amy Tan, Amy Tan, and 1 other
LuLing Young is in her eighties, and finally beginning to feel the effects of old age. Trying to hold on …
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LuLing Young is in her eighties, and finally beginning to feel the effects of old age. Trying to hold on …
I didn’t realize til after I finished that this follows Harlem Shuffle (on my list but yet unread!) - this didn’t hinder my pleasure at the rich descriptions of New York City, fondness for the layered characters, or delight in learning new factoids woven into the story and different ways of thinking about politics, crime, and racism. Such intelligent writing - I look forward to catching up with the rest of the trilogy.
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New …