Talk:Amy Tan
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how old was amy tan when she wrote the joy luck club?
- I think it was published in '89, so she was 37, I suppose. Everyking 16:39, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Thought She Was Dead
I could have sworn this woman died within the past couple of years during cosmetic surgery. Or was that someone else?
- MSTCrow 13:39, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] An American Writer
Amy Tan prefers to be known as an American, not Chinese-American, writer. This is as noted in her autobiography, "The Opposite of Fate", written in 2003.
Gillian, Scotland
- I edited the beginning of the article to reflect this important change, also based on information from Tan's website (www.amytan.net). Bapb 15:23, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] grandmother committing suicide
Tan's mother witnessed her own mother commit suicide. It's probably a good guess that that's where Tan got the inspiration for the one character in her book The Joy Luck Club.Jlujan69 00:41, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- It's explained in The Opposite of Fate as well. Tan actually asks her mother about her grandfather, and her mother says that she was the first wife and died in an accident. Tan changes the details to make it more dramatic, which happens to be the real truth of what happens to her grandmother. Hbdragon88 05:07, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
