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The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Lifeby Amy Tan
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Amy Tan was born into a family that believed in fate. In The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings, she explores this legacy, as well as American circumstances, and finds ways to honor the past while creating her own brand of destiny. She discovers answers in everyday actions and attitudes — from writing stories, decorating her house with charms, learning to ski, and living with squirrels, to dealing with three members of her family afflicted with brain disease, surviving natural disasters, and shaking off both family curses and the expectations that she should become a doctor and a concert pianist. With the same spirit, humor, and magic that characterize her beloved novels, Amy Tan presents a refreshing antidote to the world-weariness and uncertainties we face today, contemplating how things happen — in her own life and beyond — but always returning to the question of fate and its opposites: the choices, charms, influences, attitudes, and lucky accidents that shape us all. Review:"[A] powerful collection that should enthrall readers of The Joy Luck Club and Tan's other novels." Publishers Weekly Review:"No matter how much readers already revere Tan, their appreciation for her will grow tenfold after experiencing these provocative and unforgettable revelations." Booklist Review:"[A] wry but bracing take on life and writing....An examined life recalled with wisdom and grace." Kirkus Reviews Synopsis:Amy Tan has touched millions of readers with haunting and sympathetic novels of cultural complexity and profound empathy. With the same spirit and humor that characterize her acclaimed novels, she now shares her insight into her own life and how she escaped the curses of her past to make a future of her own. She takes us on a journey from her childhood of tragedy and comedy to the present day and her arrival as one of the world's best-loved novelists. Whether recalling arguments with her mother in suburban California or introducing us to the ghosts that inhabit her computer, The Opposite of Fate offers vivid portraits of choices, attitudes, charms, and luck in actiona refreshing antidote to the world-weariness and uncertainties we all face today. Synopsis:Internationally bestselling novelist Amy Tan's first work of nonfiction reveals personal stories of her life and family, and of faith and fate. A "New York Times" Notable Book. Photos throughout.
About the AuthorAmy Tan is the author of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, and The Bonesetter's Daughter. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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