“TheJoyLuckClubisoneofmyfavoritebooks.FromthemomentIfirststartedreadingit,Iknewitwasgoingtobeincredible.Forme,itwasoneofthoseonce-in-a-lifetimereadingexperiencesthatyoucherishforever.Itinspiredmeasawriterandstillremainshugelyinspirational.“--KevinKwan,authorofCrazyRichAsiansPartofthePenguinOrangeCollection,alimited-runseriesoftwelveinfluentialandbelovedAmericanclassicsinaboldseriesdesignofferingamoderntakeontheiconicPenguinpaperbackWinnerofthe2016AIGA+DesignObserver50Books50CoverscompetitionFortheseventiethanniversaryofPenguinClassics,thePenguinOrangeCollectioncelebratestheheritageofPenguin’siconicbookdesignwithtwelveinfluentialAmericanliteraryclassicsrepresentingthebreadthanddiversityofthePenguinClassicslibrary.Thesecollectibleeditionsaredressedintheiconicorangeandwhitetri-bandcoverdesign,firstcreatedin1935,whilefrenchflaps,high-qualitypaper,andstrikingcoverillustrationsprovidethecutting-edgedesigntreatmentthatisthesignatureofPenguinClassicsDeluxeEditionstoday.TheJoyLuckClubIn1949fourChinesewomen,recentimmigrantstoSanFrancisco,beginmeetingtoeatdimsum,playmahjong,andtalk.Unitedinsharedunspeakablelossandhope,theycallthemselvestheJoyLuckClub.Withwitandsensitivity,AmyTan’sdebutnovel--nowwidelyregardedasamodernclassic--examinesthesometimespainful,oftentender,andalwaysdeepconnectionbetweenthesefourwomenandtheirAmerican-borndaughters.
