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Where the Past Begins : A Writer's Memoir by Amy Tan (2017, Hardcover)

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FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AMY TAN, A MEMOIR ON HER LIFE AS A WRITER, HER CHILDHOOD, AND THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FICTION AND EMOTIONAL MEMORY In Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan is at her most intimate in revealing the truths and inspirations that underlie her extraordinary fiction. By delving into vivid memories of her traumatic childhood, confessions of self-doubt in her journals, and heartbreaking letters to and from her mother, she gives evidence to all that made it both unlikely and inevitable that she would become a writer. Through spontaneous storytelling, she shows how a fluid fictional state of mind unleashed near-forgotten memories that became the emotional nucleus of her novels. Tan explores shocking truths uncovered by family memorabilia--the real reason behind an IQ test she took at age six, why her parents lied about their education, mysteries surrounding her maternal grandmother--and, for the first time publicly, writes about her complex relationship with her father, who died when she was fifteen. Supplied with candor and characteristic humor, Where the Past Begins takes readers into the idiosyncratic workings of her writer's mind, a journey that explores memory, imagination, and truth, with fiction serving as both her divining rod and link to meaning.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062319299
ISBN-13
9780062319296
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234309393

Product Key Features

Author
Amy Tan
Publication Name
Where the Past Begins : a Writer's Memoir
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
368 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
20.3 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3570.A48z46 2017
Reviews
The best new memoir I've read in a decade is Amy Tan's breath-taking high-wire act of memory and imagination . . . [a] classic of the form . . . A must-read for the ages., "The best new memoir I've read in a decade is Amy Tan's breath-taking high-wire act of memory and imagination . . . [a] classic of the form . . . A must-read for the ages." -- Mary Karr "Any book by best-selling Tan is cause for excitement, and this surprising and gripping memoir will be zealously promoted and discussed." -- Booklist (starred review)
Copyright Date
2017
Topic
American / Asian American, Personal Memoirs, Literary, Composition & Creative Writing
Lccn
2017-036982
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines

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