The Bonesetter’s Daughter

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The Bonesetter’s Daughter is a novel by Amy Tan that intertwines the stories of a Chinese American woman and her mother, exploring themes of memory, family secrets, and cultural identity across generations.

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instanceOf novel
adaptedAs opera
author Amy Tan NERFINISHED
containsElement bilingual manuscripts
family saga
ghostly presence
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
followedBy Saving Fish from Drowning NERFINISHED
genre Chinese American literature
family saga
fiction
historical fiction
hasCoverArtist Phil Rose NERFINISHED
hasISBN 9780399146434
hasPart LuLing’s memoir
Ruth’s contemporary story
hasSubject Alzheimer’s disease NERFINISHED
translation of family history
hasTargetAudience adult readers
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement contemporary American literature
mainCharacter LuLing Liu Young NERFINISHED
Precious Auntie NERFINISHED
Ruth Young NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativePerspective first-person narration
third-person narration
narrativeStructure dual timeline
notableFor exploration of Chinese American identity
portrayal of mother–daughter dynamics
operaComposer Stewart Wallace NERFINISHED
operaLibrettist Amy Tan NERFINISHED
operaPremiereYear 2008
originalLanguage English
pageCount 400
placeOfPublication New York City
precededBy The Hundred Secret Senses NERFINISHED
publicationYear 2001
publisher G. P. Putnam’s Sons NERFINISHED
setInLocation China NERFINISHED
San Francisco NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 20th century
theme cultural identity
family secrets
immigration
intergenerational trauma
memory
mother–daughter relationships

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Amy Tan notableWork The Bonesetter’s Daughter