Journal Entry 1 by Fluffy-Owl from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Saturday, April 04, 2009

Bought today from a charity shop. Different cover to that shown.

From the blurb:

"Olivia Yee is only five years old when Kwan, her older sister from China, comes to live with family and turns her life upside down, bombarding her day and night with ghostly stories of strange ancestors from the world of Yin. Olivia just wants to lead a normal American life.

"For the next thirty years, Olivia endures visits from Kwan and her ghosts, who appear in the living world to offer advice on everything from restaurants to Olivia's failed marriage. But just when she cannot bear it any more, the revelations of a tragic family secret finally open her mind to the startling truths hidden in Kwan's unorthodox vision of the world." 

Journal Entry 2 by Fluffy-Owl at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Monday, November 01, 2010

Really, really good. I do like Amy Tan's books.

Going to find a new home for this book soon. 

Journal Entry 3 by Fluffy-Owl at Durham, County Durham United Kingdom on Saturday, November 06, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (11/8/2010 UTC) at Durham, County Durham United Kingdom

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Posting off by surface mail to America as a RABCK. Hope it travels well and arrives safely! 

Journal Entry 4 by oppem at Hermiston, Oregon USA on Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Thank you so very much fluffyowl for posting this 'across the pond' for me.
It arrived safely in today's mail and will be enjoy and then hopefully passed on to another amy tan 'fan'.
Happy New Year & again, many thanks. 

Journal Entry 5 by oppem at Hermiston, Oregon USA on Thursday, July 07, 2011

"True & false - yin & yang. What does it matter".
What a good read. I loved the character, Kwan and her tales of China and different lives. Reality / fantasy - where does one end & the other begin... was hard to tell at times, keeping you guessing all the way to the end.....
The only parts that for me became tedious were some of the passages nearer the beginning / middle relating to the failing marriage of Libby-ah & Simon.... I found for me that they distracted from the really story...
All in all a very good read..... 

Journal Entry 6 by oppem at Wien - irgendwo / Vienna - somewhere, Wien Austria on Sunday, July 10, 2011

Released 10 mos ago (7/11/2011 UTC) at Wien - irgendwo / Vienna - somewhere, Wien Austria

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You got 'tagged' - hope you enjoy this wishlist book as much as I did.. 

Journal Entry 7 by schwester at Wien Bezirk 03 - Landstraße, Wien Austria on Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Thank you! Must have arrived yesterday and was waiting for me when I came home today from work. Looking forward to reading it!

The book went with me by plane via Frankfurt to Trondheim, by bus to Stugudal, on horseback through the Norwegian mountains over the border to the European Union again (this time Sweden), back to Norway. Somewhere in the mountains I finished the previous book and started reading this one, but still, it had to come with me by plane via Oslo and Düsseldorf back to Vienna - so it has already travelled a bit.

That´s a great book! I liked it a lot, like all Amy Tan books I´ve read... 

Journal Entry 8 by schwester at Völkermarkt, Kärnten Austria on Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Released 9 mos ago (8/16/2011 UTC) at Völkermarkt, Kärnten Austria

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the lady at the "post partner" counter (not a real post office - because there is no money in Austria for real post offices in the countryside - but a counter in a shop) asked me where "LIT-U-LIT-U-A-NIA-A" is.... when I pointed out it´s in the European Union and she can send it as a letter like she would send something to Germany, she did not believe me, but took out 2 different books to look it up... well, let´s see, if this ever arrives somewhere... 

Journal Entry 9 by xlacrimax at Panevėžys, Panevėžio Lithuania on Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Fortunately, the book found its way to "LIT-U-LIT-U-A-NIA-A" haha Thanks! :) 

Journal Entry 10 by xlacrimax at Panevėžys, Panevėžio Lithuania on Saturday, January 14, 2012

Released 4 mos ago (1/14/2012 UTC) at Panevėžys, Panevėžio Lithuania

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The book is on its way to a new home :)
Hope you enjoy it! 

Journal Entry 11 by kirjakko at Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Wednesday, January 18, 2012

The book has arrived safely with some Father Christmas chocolade which I would have missed if I hadn't started to cut the pretty Lithuanian stamps out from the envelope. Will try to read this soon, have read only one Amy Tan previously and liked it.