Amy Tan
Amy Tan
Amy Tanis an American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships and the Chinese-American experience. Her best-known work is The Joy Luck Club, which has been translated into 25 languages. In 1993, the book was adapted into a commercially successful film...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth19 February 1952
CityOakland, CA
CountryUnited States of America
vomiting remember wonder
And I remember wondering why it was that eating something good could make me feel so terrible, while vomiting something terrible could make me feel so good.
daughter swimming mind
I love my daughter. She and I have shared my body. There is a part of her mind that is a part of mine. But when she was born, she sprang from me like a slippery fish, and has been swimming away ever since.
shame
Your only shame is to have shame.
hate joy joy-luck-club
It is because I had so much joy that I came to have so much hate.