Amy Tan author of The Joy Luck Club and many other books, though born in Oakland California traces her (family line/lineage/ancestors ) back to china. Tan’s parents had hoped her to be a doctor or concert pianist but at the age of ___she published (JLC). While living in oakland her family belonged to a group started by her mother, made up of other Immigrant families similar to theirs, who bonded together sharing stories, food, and playing the stock market. Her Book the Joy luck club is an accumulation of the stories and experiences of her “aunties” who belonged to the Joy Luck Club. The book as a whole is broken up into each mother and daughters stories which all come together to create one whole. Tan’s use of conflict in the stories,
