Summary of Amy Tan's The Kitchen God's Wife In he novel The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan, Pearl Louie, learns about her mother's past and about her biological father. Throughout the story the reader gets to know the kind of person Wen Fu was her father was. He had no heart or love for other people around him, he was evil, careless and a dirty pig. When Winnie was pregnant they were going to go for a ride but there was a problem with the car door. The door was broken and therefore Wen Fu was suppose to help his wife get in the car but his words were; "Climb in over the broken door... you lazy girl." (pg.264