Across
- 1. Game the mothers play while sharing stories.
- 2. Pain hidden by not speaking.
- 4. The mothers moved from China to America.
- 9. Way the women share lessons and history.
- 12. Lindo’s unwanted wedding in China.
- 15. Daughters struggle to understand who they are.
- 18. Jing-mei’s mother, started the Joy Luck Club.
- 20. Daughter who takes her mother’s place in the club.
- 21. Suyuan’s lost daughters from China.
- 22. Ying-ying feels split between two lives.
- 25. Mothers give up a lot for daughters.
- 26. Game Waverly is good at.
- 28. Daughter who copies her mom’s silence.
- 29. Symbol of past trauma.
Down
- 1. Main relationship in the book.
- 3. An-mei wants Rose to believe in herself.
- 5. Symbol of a marriage promise for Lindo.
- 6. Homeland of the mothers.
- 7. Rose’s little brother who drowned.
- 8. What the mothers carry to America.
- 10. Waverly’s smart and proud mother.
- 11. Chess champion daughter who challenges her mom.
- 13. Daughter who feels powerless, learns to speak up.
- 14. Woman haunted by her past in China.
- 16. Mothers want to keep Chinese values.
- 17. City where Suyuan left her twin babies.
- 19. Big difference in thinking between moms and daughters.
- 23. Mother who teaches strength through suffering.
- 24. Symbol of hope and dreams.
- 27. A group of four Chinese women who play mahjong.