Discuss Joy Luck Club while learning to play Mah Jongg!
About the event
Interested in learning to play Mah Jongg? Come join us! Join Linda and Joanne for a fun and relaxed learning session for anyone who is curious about Mah Jongg or would like to learn how to play. While we play we'll discuss *[Joy Luck Club](https://amzn.to/3UBNSdw)* by Amy Tan which is about four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, who meet weekly to play Mah Jongg and tell stories of what they left behind in China.
Please note this is at a member's home so the address will only be provided to those whose rsvp is confirmed. If you end up loving the game, maybe this will become a monthly activity!
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**GAME:* Mah Jongg*** *Where*: (South Philly) Linda's House (exact address provided after you're RSVP is confirmed) No previous experience is necessary! During the session, Joanne and Linda will introduce the basic rules, tiles, and play of the game, and you’ll have an opportunity to practice with others in a friendly, supportive setting. Whether you’re completely new to Mah Jongg or just need a refresher, this is a great way to learn the game, meet new people, and have some fun along the way.
Come learn, play, and discover why Mah Jongg is such a wonderful game!
**📚STORY:* [Joy Luck Club](https://amzn.to/3UBNSdw) *by Amy Tan** *Genre*: Fiction Four mothers, four daughters, four families, whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's telling the stories. In 1949, four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, meet weekly to play Mah Jongg and tell stories of what they left behind in China. United in loss and new hope for their daughters' futures, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Their daughters, who have never heard these stories, think their mothers' advice is irrelevant to their modern American lives – until their own inner crises reveal how much they've unknowingly inherited of their mothers' pasts. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. Mothers boast or despair over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes even as they feel the inextricable tightening of their matriarchal ties. Tan is an astute storyteller, enticing readers to immerse themselves into these lives of complexity and mystery.
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