Remembering Suyuan Woo

 Suyuan Woo, mother to Jing mei Woo and a member of the Joy Luck Club, was born in China and migrated to The Unites States, specifically to Chinatown in San Francisco, California, to start a new life, creating a new family. Back in China, she had left all her memories and valuables behind, including her 2 infant daughters, as at the time of escape China was involved in an ongoing war with Japan. The journey was difficult, but in the end she was able to make it, just not with her 2 daughters. In her recent years, she played with her four other friends she met in San Francisco, An-Mei, Lindo, and Ying-ying, the mah jong most nights, winning mostly every time, as she had skill and strategics to successfully defeat the other players.  Unfortunately, a few years later, she passed away due to a cerebral aneurysm, leaving her daughter, Jing mei, to fill in her spot at the mah jong playing and her husband behind.