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...LUCK CLUB by Amy Tan (Putnam; $18.95). A bright, sharp-flavored first novel on growing up ethnic in the U.S. The topic sounds familiar, but the Chinese spice added to this old recipe is invigorating and refreshingly true...
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...Chinese-American culture is only beginning to throw off such literary sparks, and Amy Tan's bright, sharp-flavored first novel belongs on a short shelf dominated by Maxine Hong Kingston's remarkable works of a decade or so ago, The Woman Warrior and China Men. Tan's book is a wry group portrait of four elderly and feisty women who emigrated from China to the U.S., and their grown, very Americanized daughters. "A girl is like a young tree," says one of the stern mothers, who explains to her daughter that she lacks the necessary wood in her character...
What came between the freshman and a Bermuda tan were NCAA regulations concerning intercollegiate athletic "extra benefits" and "amateurism...
When you return to Harvard from the Bahamas, you will be tan. You will be rested. You will be wearing strange-looking beads. You will automatically turn on reggae music whenever you enter your room. You will miss your classes. Friends who were not in the Bahamas with you will ask you what's your problem. You'll answer, "No Problem...