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)

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[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)
Nope, that was Olivia Goldsmith, author of The First Wives Club. Amy Tan is still living. RedRollerskate 18:35, 17 December 2006 (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)
I like the intro. On the hand, one could also mention that she prefers not be known as a Chinese-American writer... what do you think? --Ibn Battuta 20:49, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Whether she likes it or not, she is of Chinese descent. There is no problem with her calling herself American but her Chinese descent should be mentioned somewhere in the intro. If no one has any objections, I'm changing this. --Wikipope 19:53, 16 September 2007 (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)

[edit] psychiatrist falling asleep???

That psychiatrist story sounds very much like an urban legend. I've taken it out, if someone can provide a reliable source, we can still put it back in. Amy Tan has tied at least her career as a non-fiction writer to quite different motivations. --Ibn Battuta 20:48, 9 April 2007 (UTC)