The Joy Luck Club
Author: Amy Tan
Publishing Info: Ballantine Books 1989 337p


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Excerpts:

“The next night, I lay straight on the bed next to him.... still didn’t touch me ...the next night I took off my gown... He was scared and turned his face. He had no desire for me, but it was his fear that made me think he had no desire for any women. .. After more months had passed (his mom said) My son says he’s planted enough seeds for thousands of grandchildren. .. It must be you doing something wrong....she confined me to the bed so that her grandchildren’s seeds would not spill out so easily.” (58)

“..I gorged myself... I forced spoonful after spoonful down my throat..later.. sat hunched.. retching back into the ice cream container.... wondering why it was eating something good could make me feel so terrible, while vomiting something terrible could make me feel so good.” (167)

“..after.. five months of post-prandial lovemaking and one week of timid and silly love confessions. We were lying in bed, between new purple sheets I had just bought for him. His old... sheets was stained in revealing places, not very romantic.” (168-169)

“He prided himself on having favorite love positions for different days and hours of the week; all he had to whisper was “Wednesday afternoon” and I’d shiver.” (192)

“his eye wandered up and down other girl’s legs, so he didn’t know how to drive straight home anymore.” (192)

“I almost aborted (my daughter), though. When I found out I was pregnant, I was furious. ...referred to (it) as my “growing resentment” and I dragged M. down to the clinic so he would have to suffer through his too.” (192)

“The sexual chemistry really surprised me....I thought he’d be one of those.... who says, “Am I hurting you?” when I can’t feel a thing.” (193)

“..when your mother awoke to find him touching her beneath her undergarments, she jumped out of bed. He grabbed her by her hair and threw her on the floor, then put his foot on her throat and told her to undress. Your mother did not scream or cry when he fell on her. (267)

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