"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, revealing the truths and inspirations that underlie her extraordinary fiction. By delving into vivid memories of her traumatic childhood, confessions of...

Delve into the stories from Amy Tan's life that inspired bestselling novels like The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement 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 collection of autobiographical writings, short stories, poetry, essays, and photos by and about Asian American women.

Born to Chinese immigrant parents into 1950's America, it would be decades before Ms. Tan would come to fully understand how her mother's self-destructive tendencies were rooted in watching her own mother kill herself after being forced into the former marital system of concubinage. This painful family legacy inspired her stories of women without the power to choose their lives. An interweaving of archival imagery, artful animation and live performance...

Explores the life and career of Amy Tan, from her childhood in California, through her struggle to accept her Chinese heritage, to her career as a writer.

The Bonesetter's Daughter features explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols including: mother-daughter relationships; resilience; secrecy; ghosts; the pearl necklace; the oracle bone. It also includes detailed analysis of these important characters: Ruth Young; Luling Young; Precious Auntie.

Follows the creation of the San Francisco Opera's celebrated production of The Bonesetter's Daughter, based on Amy Tan's book of the same name. Bringing together artists from China and the U.S, the opera tells a deeply moving story about the difficult but unbreakable bond between mothers and daughters.