D-Joy Luck Club

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Across
  1. 6. The spoiled boy Lindo was forced to marry.
  2. 7. The mother whose own mother became a third concubine.
  3. 8. TSING The wealthy man who took An-mei’s mother as a concubine.
  4. 9. The daughter who was a childhood chess prodigy.
  5. 10. The game played by the four women during their meetings.
  6. 12. The city where the daughters finally travel at the end.
  7. 15. The game that made Waverly famous as a young girl.
  8. 16. The elusive emotion the club seeks despite suffering.
  9. 17. The founder of the Joy Luck Club who dies before the book begins.
  10. 18. The only thing left of the swan after it was confiscated.
  11. 19. The quality the mothers desperately want for their daughters.
  12. 20. Jing-mei’s name in Chinese which means "Pure Essence."
  13. 22. The daughter who lives in a house where everything is split fifty-fifty.
  14. 23. A major motif involving An-mei’s mother cutting her own flesh for soup.
  15. 26. Lindo’s zodiac sign which makes her stubborn.
  16. 28. The bird from the prologue whose feather represents good intentions.
  17. 30. The daughter who struggles with her divorce from Ted.
  18. 31. The Chinese city where the original Joy Luck Club was formed.
  19. 34. The physical mark on An-mei’s neck from boiling soup.
  20. 35. The title of one of the piano pieces Jing-mei played.
  21. 37. The social position An-mei’s mother was forced into.
  22. 38. The dish served at the New Year dinner where Waverly insults Jing-mei.
  23. 40. The way Lindo views her relationships and life challenges.
  24. 41. The youngest brother of Rose who drowned at the beach.
  25. 43. The mother who escaped an arranged marriage using a clever ruse.
  26. 46. The year the original club was founded in Kweilin.
  27. 47. The type of camera used to take the final photo of the sisters.
  28. 48. The object used to seal Lindo’s marriage to Tyan-yu.
Down
  1. 1. The figure Ying-ying encounters at the festival who is actually a man.
  2. 2. The central role explored through four different perspectives.
  3. 3. The mother who lost her spirit and became a "ghost."
  4. 4. The daughter who takes her mother's place at the mahjong table.
  5. 5. The word written in the Bible that Rose’s mother uses to prop up a table.
  6. 8. The element An-mei says Rose is lacking, making her too listen to others.
  7. 11. A term used for both the dead and for foreigners.
  8. 13. The English word Jing-mei uses to describe the club's noise.
  9. 14. The items Rose’s mother uses to try and find Bing in the ocean.
  10. 15. The name of the twins Suyuan had to leave behind in China.
  11. 21. Ying-ying’s zodiac sign which represents her lost ferocity.
  12. 23. The age at which Ying-ying married her first, abusive husband.
  13. 24. Where the Joy Luck Club members thought Suyuan’s twins were.
  14. 25. The birds that represent the voices of joy and sorrow.
  15. 27. The American city where the characters now reside.
  16. 29. The companion piece to Pleading Child found later in life.
  17. 32. The material of the pendant Suyuan gives to Jing-mei.
  18. 33. Harold’s profession in Lena’s unhappy marriage.
  19. 35. The instrument Jing-mei failed to master as a child.
  20. 36. The second generation trying to bridge the cultural gap.
  21. 39. The dialect spoken by several of the mothers.
  22. 42. What Lindo says she and Waverly both possess.
  23. 44. Respect for ancestors and parents.
  24. 45. The grandmother who tells An-mei her mother is a ghost.