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The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan

The Bonesetter's Daughter

by Amy Tan
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  • Feb 1, 2001, 400 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Jan 2002, 416 pages
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huixian

it rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i mean, this is THE perfect book for reading anytime anywhere.
elaine tang

best amy tan book ever.... and a lot of feelings were placed in it
Michael

I absolutely loved the book. I've all of Amy Tan's books and next to "The Hundred Secret Senses", this one beats all. I loved the way the story ended. Amy, be sure to write another one. Okay?
Kym

I absolutely love this book!!!
Jen

This is Amy Tan's best book yet!
Maureen

It was a very good book, a very fast read, great!!!!
Karen

I loved it . I am trying to get my six daughters to read it also
Dawnfire

I was relunctant at first to red the book.. it was for a school project, but once i started i could nto put it down. I fell in love with the characters and i could relate with Ruths anxiety about her ailing mother. It was a wonderful, well written novel i woudl surely read again.

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