{"product_id":"the-bonesetters-daughter-a-novel-ballantine-readers-circle","title":"The Bonesetter's Daughter: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)","description":"Used paperback in Very Good condition. \u003cb\u003e#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eNOTABLE BOOK • “[An] absorbing tale of the mother-daughter bond” (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) from the renowned author of \u003ci\u003eThe Joy Luck Club \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Backyard Bird Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“No one writes about mothers and daughters with more empathy than Amy Tan.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuth Young and her widowed mother have always had a difficult relationship. But when she discovers writings that vividly describe her mother’s tumultuous life growing up in China, Ruth discovers a side of LuLing that she never knew existed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTransported to a backwoods village known as Immortal Heart, Ruth learns of secrets passed along by a mute nursemaid, Precious Auntie; of a cave where dragon bones are mined; of the crumbling ravine known as the End of the World; and of the curse that LuLing believes she released through betrayal. Within the calligraphied pages awaits the truth about a mother’s heart, secrets she cannot tell her daughter, yet hopes she will never forget. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConjuring the pain of broken dreams and the power of myths, \u003ci\u003eThe Bonesetter’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is an excavation of the human spirit: the past, its deepest wounds, and its most profound hopes.","brand":"Tan, Amy","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":53840036004123,"sku":"mon0000799083","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/4004\/3291\/files\/27198803482310.jpg?v=1788044643","url":"https:\/\/bookalley.com\/products\/the-bonesetters-daughter-a-novel-ballantine-readers-circle","provider":"Book Alley","version":"1.0","type":"link"}