Lulu’s lover, Fairweather, makes all the travel arrangements. After Violet’s father returns to Lulu’s life and attempts a reconciliation, Lulu decides that she and Violet must go to America to reestablish ties with his side of the family. Violet feels neglected and unloved because her mother spends so much time running the business. Aside from its promise of romance and fantasy for male patrons, Lulu’s social club also acts as a meeting place where she orchestrates profitable business deals for her wealthy customers. Violet is exposed early in life to the high-end sex trade. Violet Minturn is the privileged daughter of Lulu Minturn-a woman who owns the best courtesan house in Shanghai. She also narrates her return trip to San Francisco in 1912 and subsequent events in 1914. Three chapters late in the book are narrated by her mother, Lulu, as a 16-year-old in 1897 San Francisco through her move to Shanghai the same year. Violet narrates the story of her life beginning as a seven-year-old in 1905 Shanghai through her adulthood until 1939. The Valley of Amazement is told from the first-person perspectives of Violet and Lulu. Adaptations of her work include a film of The Joy Luck Club made in 1993 and an opera adaptation of The Bonesetter’s Daughter in 2008. Her other works include The Kitchen God's Wife (1991), The Hundred Secret Senses (1995), The Bonesetter's Daughter (2001), and Saving Fish from Drowning (2005). Tan’s debut novel, The Joy Luck Club (1989), became a bestseller and garnered multiple awards for its author.
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