The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life

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Price
$18.00  $16.74
Publisher
Penguin Books
Publish Date
Pages
416
Dimensions
5.42 X 8.04 X 0.9 inches | 0.78 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780142004890

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About the Author

Amy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Opposite of Fate, Saving Fish from Drowning, and two children's books, The Moon Lady and The Chinese Siamese Cat, which has been adapted as Sagwa, a PBS series for children. Tan was also the co-producer and co-screenwriter of the film version of The Joy Luck Club, and her essays and stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Her work has been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Tan, who has a master's degree in linguistics from San Jose University, has worked as a language specialist to programs serving children with developmental disabilities. She lives with her husband in San Francisco and New York.

Reviews

Sharp and invigorating . . . fertile reading. (The New York Times Book Review)

Wickedly funny and honest. (O Magazine)

A melodramatic, tragic and comedic tale . . . Tan is refreshingly candid. (The Baltimore Sun)