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About Amy Tan
American author
Amy Tan is an American author best known for her 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club. The book was later adapted into a film in 1993. Her work brought her wide recognition as a novelist. The available facts point chiefly to The Joy Luck Club and its screen adaptation, which made her name familiar to many readers and viewers.
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More Reading quotes
- “If you are a woman, reading my tale, learn to fight for your rights and the respect you deserve as a human be…”Yanan Melo
- “Reading and watching movies are the only two things I do. I'm moody, so at times I'm annoyingly introverted;…”Sriti Jha
- “It is both relaxing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a fri…”Gordon B. Hinckley
History: more sayings
- “From the Bridge”The Importance of HistoryNot all that many years ago the Importance of history would have bee…”Hank Bracker
- “You take a 30-year-old. To him, history began the day he was born. He doesn't know how cold it was 70 years a…”Rush Limbaugh
- “We want players to come in who respect their teammates, the club, the history.”Ed Woodward
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Books by Amy Tan
The Kitchen God's Wife
1996
The Joy Luck Club
2003
The Bonesetter's Daughter
2002
The Hundred Secret Senses
1995
The valley of amazement
2013