Across
- 6. – The novel’s shifting literary structure.
- 8. – The daughters’ birthplace and cultural backdrop.
- 10. – Type of conflict central to the novel.
- 11. – Story Ying-ying tells about loss of self.
- 15. – A symbol of preference and worth at dinner.
- 18. – The club’s foundational unit.
- 21. – Takes her mother’s place at the Joy Luck Club.
- 23. – Buried truths shared between generations.
- 25. – Author’s last name.
- 26. – A motif tested in many relationships.
- 27. – Architect who silently suffers in marriage.
- 28. – Chinese city from Suyuan’s past.
- 30. – Mother who teaches about loss and sacrifice.
Down
- 1. – Symbol of memory and regret.
- 2. – Something the daughters struggle to understand.
- 3. – Major theme among second-generation women.
- 4. – Game central to the mothers’ gatherings.
- 5. – Child chess prodigy with a complicated relationship with her mother.
- 7. – Quiet, haunted woman, Lena’s mother.
- 9. – A gift symbolizing guilt and memory.
- 12. – Traditional value challenged by daughters.
- 13. – Legend about identity and appearance.
- 14. – Recurring theme in mothers' lives.
- 16. – Constant tension of East vs. West.
- 17. – What Suyuan carried for her lost daughters.
- 19. – Married to Ted, struggles with self-assertion.
- 20. – Founder of the original Joy Luck Club.
- 22. – Waverly’s strong-willed mother.
- 24. – Homeland of the Joy Luck Club mothers.
- 29. – Sees imbalance in her marriage.