The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Bonesetter's Daughter is
Amy Tan's fourth novel.
Its protagonist is Ruth Luyi Young, the daughter of Liu LuLing (her mother) and her second husband. Her mother's first husband was Pan Kai Jing (a geologist who died in
World War II in
China).
The novel's main themes are the clash of
American and
Chinese cultures,
depression and
paranoia as reflected in LuLing, a sense of continuity with the past that LuLing and Ruth struggle to find and how the characters find a sense of inner peace.
