Joy Luck Club Crossword

3. – Animal that tells An-mei in a fable that swallowing tears will make you stronger.
8. – Fell into the water and let go of her identity after being rejected by a man.
9. – An-mei’s strict grandmother who rejects her mother for becoming a concubine.
15. – Game played at the Joy Luck Club meetings that frames the novel’s structure.
16. – New homeland for all four mothers, representing opportunity and loss.
17. – Bites her tongue until it bleeds to fake a dream and escape her marriage.
18. – Rose’s youngest brother who drowns
19. – Suyuan gives Jing-mei the best _, taking the broken one herself during dinner.
21. – Lena hears voices and discontent from it as her marriage unravels.
22. – Concept Lindo teaches Waverly to help her win at chess, and in life.
24. – Brought by Suyuan from China as a symbol of her hopes for her daughter.
25. – Literal burn An-mei got as a child, representing her mother’s banishment.
26. – Paralyzed by indecision after her divorce until she finally insists on keeping the house.

1. – Wealthy man who manipulates An-mei’s mother into being his fourth wife.
2. – Suyuan writes a _ to her daughters in China but never sends it herself.
4. – Jing-mei’s deaf piano teacher who praises her terrible playing.
5. – Lindo Jong’s wedding candle meant to burn on both ends without going out.
6. – Figure Ying-ying sees as a child during a moon festival when she becomes lost.
7. – Travels to China to meet her half-sisters after her mother’s death.
9. – Instrument that represents Jing-mei’s resentment and later her reconciliation with her mother.
10. – Keeps separate bank accounts with her husband Harold despite their unequal incomes.
11. – The thing that led to Waverly’s path to fame and rebellion against her mother’s control.
12. – Embarrassed by her mother’s bragging in the market while she plays chess.
13. – Tells Rose to make the final decision about their house in their divorce.
14. – Scarred after pulling a hot soup pot that burned her neck in her grandmother’s house.
19. – Country where all four mothers were born.
20. – Rose finds it under the table leg, symbolizing her lost and rediscovered faith.
23. – Left her twin daughters by the roadside during WWII to escape Japanese forces.
25. – Jing-mei meets them in China, completing her mother’s lifelong hope.
27. – Drug used by Second Wife to manipulate Wu Tsing and other women.