Bonesetter's Daughter, the by Tan, Amy - 2001

G.P. Putnam's, 2001. 1ST. HARDBOUND. VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD jacket. 1ST. 6.28 x 1.28 x 9.28 inches. pp. 353. Publisher: Putnam Adult (February 19, 2001)Language: English HARDBOUND: 400 pages ISBN-10: 0399146431 ISBN-13: 978-0399146435 Reading age: 18 years and up Item Weight: 1.55 pounds Dimensions: 6.28 x 1.28 x 9.28 inches. In memories that rise like wisps of ghosts, LuLing Young searches for the name of her mother, the daughter of the Famous Bonesetter from the Mouth of the Mountain. Trying to hold on to the evaporating past, she begins to write all that she can remember of her life as a girl in China. Meanwhile, her daughter Ruth, a ghostwriter for authors of self-help books, is losing the ability to speak up for herself in front of the man she lives with and his two teenage daughters. of her professional sound bites and pat homilies works for her personal life: she knows only how to translate what others want to say.