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She got her M.A. in linguistics, went to China for the first time in 1987, put 3 short stories in novel form & had "luck" with that |
Amy Tan
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
2024-09-17 |
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She dedicated her first novel, "The Joy Luck Club", "To my mother and the memory of her mother" |
Amy Tan
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$1,200 |
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WOMEN AUTHORS |
2021-12-14 |
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Thisbest-selling author's works, in part, explore mother-daughter relationships and the immigrant experience |
Amy Tan
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$1,200 |
DJ |
WOMEN AUTHORS |
2017-02-08 |
#7463 |
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"The Hundred Secret Senses" is one of her novels exploring Asian-American family relationships |
Amy Tan
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$2,000 |
DJ |
FEMALE AUTHORS |
2015-02-10 |
#7002 |
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She departed from the theme of Chinese-American mothers & daughters with 2005's "Saving Fish From Drowning" |
Amy Tan
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$600 |
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WOMEN WRITERS |
2008-06-26 |
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She turned her short story collection "Wind and Water" into the bestseller "The Joy Luck Club" |
Amy Tan
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$400 |
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WOMEN AUTHORS |
2006-07-18 |
#5047 |
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"The Moon Lady" was the first children's book by this author of "The Joy Luck Club" |
Amy Tan
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$800 |
DJ |
CHILDREN'S BOOKS & AUTHORS |
1997-01-16 |
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Her novel "The Kitchen God's Wife" was inspired by her mother's stories of pre-Communist China |
Amy Tan
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$600 |
DJ |
WOMEN AUTHORS |
1995-06-30 |
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On a 1987 trip to China, this author of "The Joy Luck Club" met 2 of her half-sisters for the first time |
Amy Tan
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$1,000 |
DJ |
WOMEN AUTHORS |
1993-05-20 |
#2019 |