She tells otherworldly stories of mystics and magic. Kwan is outwardly annoying, naïve, and eccentric. Olivia and Kwan have a difficult and complicated relationship. Kwan Li, her half-sister, is the product of their father’s first marriage and is twelve years older than Olivia. Born to an American mother and a Chinese father, Olivia’s father died when she was four years old. Olivia (Laguni) Bishop, a travel photographer, is the story’s primary protagonist and narrator. In The Hundred Secret Senses, Tan’s attention shifts to explore the relationship between sisters. Another of Tan’s contrasting themes is these women’s frustration with their American-born daughters. The well-known author of two widely successful novels: The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen God’s Wife, her previous books focused on the tortured lives of older generation women whose journey brought them from China to America. Amy Tan’s The Hundred Secret Senses (1996) focuses on the relationship between Olivia and her half-sister, Kwan.
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