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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Tan, Amy.     Subjects     Tan, Amy.     Fiction -- Authorship -- Biography.     Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)     Women novelists, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.     Women novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.     Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.     Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.     Chinese Americans -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Tan, Amy.       by title:      Where the past begin...       by call number:      LP 921 T161w     Search the Web     Tan, Amy.     Tan, Amy.     Fiction -- Authorship -- Biography.     Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)     Women novelists, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.     Women novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.     Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.     Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.     Chinese Americans -- Biography.       MARC Display

Where the past begins : a writer's memoir / Amy Tan. by Tan, Amy. Harper Luxe, 2017. Call #: LP 921 T161w Subjects Tan, Amy.   Fiction -- Authorship -- Biography.   Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)   Women novelists, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.   Women novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.   Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.   Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.   Chinese Americans -- Biography. URL856 View Amy Tan's TED talk "Where does creativity hide?" ISBN:  9780062688194 (large print trade pbk.) Edition:  Large-print ed. Description:  557 p. (large print) : ill. ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Contents:  Prologue. The breaker of combs -- I. Imagination -- A leaky imagination -- Music as muse -- Souvenir from a dream -- Hidden genius -- Reorientation: Homer, Alaska -- II. Memory in emotion -- Genuine emotions -- The feeling of what it felt like when it happened -- A mere mortal at age twenty-five -- A mere mortal at age twenty-six -- How to change fate: step 1 -- III. Retrieving the past -- The unfurling of leaves -- The auntie of the woman who lost her mind -- Unstoppable -- Time and distance: age twenty-four -- Time and distance: age fifty -- Time and distance: age sixty -- IV. Unknown endings -- The darkest moment of my life -- Nipping dog -- The father I did not know -- Reliable witness -- V. Reading and writing -- I am the author of this novel -- How I learned to read -- Splayed poem: the road -- Eidolons -- Letters to the editor -- Letters in English -- Why write? -- VI. Language -- Language: a love story -- Intestinal fortitude -- Principles of linguistics -- Companions in the house. Summary:  "The author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan reveals 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, and mysteries surrounding her maternal grandmother. She writes about her complex relationship with her father, who died when she was fifteen. 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. Born in Oakland, California, Amy Tan now lives in California and New York. She is the author of the memoir The Opposite of Fate."--From publisher. Genre:  Autobiographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Large Print Nonfiction LP 921 T161w Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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