Mothers
This character created the original Joy Luck Club
Suyuan Woo
Chess champion
Harold
Ted neglected this when he gave up on his marriage
the garden
The game that the Joy Luck Club plays
Mah Jong
This character came up with a clever plan to get out of her first marriage
Lindo Jong
Blames herself for her brother's death
Rose Hsu Jordan
Has red hair and freckles
Rich
Represents the restless side of her
Ying-ying's shadow
Waverly's daughter
Shoshana
Amah
She works in advertising as a copywriter
Jing-mei/June Woo
Cheated on his wife
Ted
Represents Lena and Harold's marriage
end table/vase
Lindo Jong's first husband
Tyan-yu
Her daughter believes that she has the "mysterious ability to see things before they happen"
Ying-ying St. Clair
Her father is English-Irish
Lena St. Clair
Waverly's high school sweetheart
Marvin
Bad omen for the new year
Lena and Harold's cat
Mirugai
She used to believe in God
An-Mei Hsu
The name of Jing-mei's piano teacher
Mr. Chong
Her husband lives on the sun
The Moon Lady
The guardian of the world of dreams
Old Mr. Chou
Waverly's hairdresser
Mr. Rory