![]() ![]() ![]() That year, the then-35-year-old traveled with her mother Daisy to visit the three daughters Daisy had been forced to leave behind after fleeing the communist country in 1949. Tan, the daughter of immigrants, had never been to China prior to 1987. ![]() The Joy Luck Club was inspired in part by a trip to China. Becoming a novelist was the furthest thing from her mind, but Tan did have an interest in short fiction and attended a writer’s group led by Molly Giles, setting her on the path to becoming a full-time fiction writer. to travel Europe before Tan graduated from high school in Switzerland.Īfter stints at five different colleges, Tan emerged with degrees in English and linguistics and became a language development specialist before turning to freelance business writing. At 15, her father John and brother Peter both succumbed to brain tumors, prompting her mother to take Tan and her younger brother John Jr. Before the age of 18, Tan had lived in 12 homes around the San Francisco area. If lived experiences inform a writer’s best work, then Amy Tan has a deep reservoir to draw from. The Academy Presents "The Joy Luck Club" (1993) 25th Anniversary / Alberto E. ![]()
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