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The Opposite of Fate

Amy Tan

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The Opposite of Fate

by Amy Tan
The Opposite of Fate
The Opposite of Fate

Heartrending memoir intertwining fate, heritage, and self-discovery.

"The Opposite of Fate" resonates with anyone curious about the delicate interplay between personal identity and cultural heritage. Amy Tan's honest depiction of her struggle as a Chinese-American woman is likely to touch you deeply, as she weaves the history of her family with her own journey towards becoming a celebrated novelist. Her exploration of fate and how her ancestors' stories shape her present is both poignant and thought-provoking, making it a compelling read for those who appreciate introspective memoirs.

  • Audie Award for Nonfiction, Abridged (2004)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Opposite of Fate

by Amy Tan
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ISBN: 9780007170401
Author: Amy Tan
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date of Publication: 2004-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Creative Nonfiction
Related Topics: Biography Memoir, Biography, Autobiography, Memoir, Essays
Goodreads rating: 3.94
(rated by 8404 readers)

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An unbearably moving, intensely passionate, deeply personal account of life as seen through the eyes of one of America’s best-loved novelists. ‘When I began writing this history, I let go of my doubts. I trusted the ghosts of my imagination. They showed me the hundred secret senses. And what I wrote is what I discovered about the endurance of love.’ So writes Amy Tan at the beginning of this remarkably candid insight into her life. Tan takes us on a journey from her childhood, as a sensitive but intelligent young Chinese-American, ashamed of her parents’ Chinese ways, to the present day and her position as one of the world's best-loved novelists. She describes the daily difficulties of being at once American and Chinese and yet feeling at times like she was truly neither. Most significantly, and heartbreakingly, she tells the history of her grandmother who committed suicide as the only means of defiance open to her against a husband who ignored her wishes; her remarkable mother, whose first husband had her jailed when she tried to leave him; and the shocking deaths of both her father and husband when Amy was just 14. How this weight of history has brought itself to bear on the adult Amy looms large in her own story. Ghosts, chance and fate have played a part in her life, and ‘The Opposite of Fate’ is an insight into those ancestors, the women who ‘never let me forget why these stories need to be
 

Heartrending memoir intertwining fate, heritage, and self-discovery.

"The Opposite of Fate" resonates with anyone curious about the delicate interplay between personal identity and cultural heritage. Amy Tan's honest depiction of her struggle as a Chinese-American woman is likely to touch you deeply, as she weaves the history of her family with her own journey towards becoming a celebrated novelist. Her exploration of fate and how her ancestors' stories shape her present is both poignant and thought-provoking, making it a compelling read for those who appreciate introspective memoirs.

  • Audie Award for Nonfiction, Abridged (2004)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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