The Secret Life of Winnie and Helen

In The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan, I am intrigued by the intricate relationship between Winnie and Aunt Helen. Both of them have had extreme character developments since I started reading and as I predicted, the story has mainly focused on Winnie. I am…

I’m a Tan Fan

In Amy Tan’s The Kitchen God’s Wife, the story begins by introducing a conflict between the character Pearl Louie and her mother Winnie. Winnie has very strict Chinese values that oppose with the “typical” American lifestyle Pearl is living. Winnie doesn’t know that Pearl has…