This week we're talking about 1989's smash-hit debut The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. We talk debut novels, immigration literature, why so many women find Amy Tan in their teens, mothers and their daughters, food and how it travels, and why we're still obsessed with Waverly Jong. Lillian Li's "The Love Hate Joy Luck Club” - <a href="https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2015/05/the-love-hate-joy-luck-club/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2015/05/the-love-hate-joy-luck-club/</a> Sentimental Garbage is produced and edited by Caroline O'Donoghue, mixed by Hannah Varrall and hosted by Acast.You can find Caroline's books here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Caroline-ODonoghue/e/B07CR7SFJM?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1588717449&amp;sr=1-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Caroline-ODonoghue/e/B07CR7SFJM?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1588717449&amp;sr=1-1</a>You can find Ella Risbridger's books here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ella-Risbridger/e/B07KR8NDY8?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1588717479&amp;sr=1-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ella-Risbridger/e/B07KR8NDY8?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1588717479&amp;sr=1-1</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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Sentimental Garbage is a podcast hosted by Caroline O'Donoghue about the culture we love that society can sometimes make us feel ashamed of.&nbsp;Formerly a chick-lit podcast, sometimes a Sex and the City podcast. We don't know the most, we feel the most.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.