Amy Tan is a Chinese American author who made her literary debut by publishing The Joy Luck Club in 1989. The novel consists of sixteen vignettes connected through its characters. Set in San Francisco, the narrative explores relationships between four Chinese American immigrant mothers and four daughters born and raised in the United States. Around three decades later, a Korean American author and singer-songwriter Michelle Zauner published a memoir Crying in H Mart in the memory of her beloved mother. Growing up biracial in Philadelphia and Oregon, she is struggling to accept her complex identity. Dealing with the pain and unexpected loss of her mother, Zauner starts cooking traditional Korean dishes to reconnect with her past and relatives. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan and Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner are used as a lens through which the struggle of Asian Americans to preserve their heritage while adapting to a new culture is explored and how it affects mother-daughter relationships. By examining these ideologies through food, language, traditional values, and other cultural aspects, the paper aims to depict the struggle to maintain a strong bond between the two generations due to their differences. The broader aim of the paper is to contribute to a better understanding of overcoming generational trauma, pursuing personal aspirations, fulfilling the American Dream, and accepting racial and cultural identity.