connie_rea 's review for:

The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan

4.0

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This was told from the daughter's voice and then the mother's voice. I have to admit that for the first half of the book, I didn't care for it much at all. I found the daughter annoying and I didn't care for the relationships at all. The daughter and her boyfriend. The daughter and her mom. None of it. Once the mother's story started to being told I was simply enthralled. I loved every word of it. Once the novel went back and ended with the daughter's voice, I still enjoyed it. I now understood (as the daughter understood) the history that shaped the family.

Sometimes, we are shaped by our history. Sometimes that history is not even known to us. Once we find that history out, either by chance or by seeking answers, it can change our entire lives....