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Amy Tan is an American author and public speaker who has written five novels and two children's books. Her fictional style commonly deals with topics of mother-daughter relationships, immigrant families, and Chinese-American cultural difficulties. Her most well-known novel is The Joy Luck Club, which was first published in 1989 and adapted into a feature film in 1993. She is currently the literary editor for the Los Angeles Times' magazine, West.
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- Born: February 19, 1952
- Birthplace: Oakland, California
- Graduated from San Jose State University
- Has a masters in linguistics
- Was a guest speaker at the TED 2008 Conference
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Novels
- The Joy Luck Club 1989
- The Kitchen God's Wife 1991
- The Hundred Secret Senses 1995
- The Bonesetter's Daughter 2001
- Saving Fish from Drowning 2005
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Non-Fiction
- Mid-Life Confidential|Mid-Life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America With Three Cords and an Attitude' (with Dave Barry, Stephen King, Tabitha King, and Barbara Kingsolver) 1994
- Mother Book|Mother (with Maya Angelou and Mary Higgins Clark) 1996
- The Opposite of Fate A Book of Musings|The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings 2003
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"Se você não pode mudar seu destino, mude sua atitude!" ( Amy Tan )
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"If you can't change your fate, change your attitude." — Amy Tan #Quote
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"Se você não pode mudar seu destino, mude sua atitude!" (Amy Tan)
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