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Article: Thirty Minutes With Amy Tan: Chinese American Writer Is Her Mother's
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- February 25, 1994
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Lavina Melwani
AsianWeek
02-25-1994
Thirty Minutes With Amy Tan: Chinese American Writer Is Her Mother's. Daughter
By Lavina Melwani
Why would a story about the reminiscences of four middle-aged Chinese women sitting around a mahjongg table become the longest running title on The New York Times best-sellers list, sell over 2 million copies and be translated into 20 languages? Why would a film of that book, with no box-office names, gags or car chases, capture the hearts of America and become a moving experience for all mothers and daughters? Amy Tan, author of "The Joy Luck Club," perhaps knows the magical secret.
Amy Tan was just eight years old when she was first published. "It was an essay ...
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