The Hundred Secret Senses – Amy Tan

This poignant novel by Amy Tan explores themes of family, cultural identity, and the supernatural through the lives of two half-sisters—Olivia, rooted in pragmatic American life, and Kwan, whose mystical “secret senses” open a window into the past. Moving between 1960s San Francisco and ancestral villages in China, the story weaves together memory, love, and loss in a richly textured narrative that illuminates the complexities of Chinese-American identity and sisterhood.

Number of pages: 416

Publication year: 1996

Publisher: Ivy Books (Random House Publishing Group)

Language: English

Original language: English

ISBN-10: 080411109X

ISBN-13: 978-0804111096