Amy Tan

by Angel, Ann

• ISBN13: 9780766029620
• ISBN10: 076602962X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Enslow Pub Inc

Summary

Amy Tan is a best-selling novelist and perhaps the most famous Asian-American author today. While her work usually focuses on relationships between immigrant mothers from China and their American-born daughters, Tan's work has a mass appeal that cuts across lines of both culture and gender. Her novel THE JOY LUCK CLUB is one of the most well-known and appreciated works by a contemporary Asian-American author.

Author Biography

About the Author: Ann Angel has written many young adult books that include biographies. She has also written fiction ever since the publication of her first middle grade novel, Real for Sure Sister.

Table of Contents

The Sleepy Therapist	p. 7
From China to the United States	p. 12
Finding Stories in The Joy Luck Club	p. 30
The Kitchen God's Wife	p. 41
A Band of Bookmakers	p. 49
The Hundred Secret Senses	p. 55
Bittersweet Success	p. 61
The Bonesetter's Daughter	p. 67
Saving Fish From Drowning	p. 76
What Next?	p. 84
In Her Own Words	p. 91
Chronology	p. 95
Selected Works of Amy Tan	p. 97
Awards	p. 101
Chapter Notes	p. 103
Glossary	p. 121
Further Reading	p. 122
Internet Addresses	p. 123
Index	p. 124
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