Where the Past Begins: Memory and Imagination by Amy Tan

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From New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan, a memoir about finding meaning in life through acts of creativity and imagination. As seen on PBS American Masters "Unintended Memoir."In Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan reveals the ways that our memories and personal experiences can inform our creative work. Drawing on her vivid impressions of her upbringing, Tan investigates the truths and inspirations behind her writing while illuminating how we all explore, confront, and process complex memories, especially half-forgotten ones from childhood.With candor, empathy, and humor, Tan sheds light on her own writing process, sharing her hard-won insights on the nature of creativity and inspiration while exploring the universal urge to examine truth through the workings of imagination-and what that imaginative world tells us about our own lives. Where the Past Begins is both a unique look into the mind of an extraordinary storyteller and an indispensable guide for writers, artists, and other creative thinkers.

  • Product Features

    • Author - Amy Tan
    • Publisher - HarperCollins Publishers
    • Publication date - 10-30-2018
    • Page count - 368
    • Paperback
    • Adult
    • Biography
    • Product dimensions - 5.2 W x 7.9 H x 1 D
    • ISBN-13 - 9780062319319

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9 months ago
from Pittsburgh, PA

Interesting read

Tells the story of Amy Tan and her family as she grows up into adulthood. Through essays about different subjects, she tells her story as well as her mother's story. She tells of her grandmother in China as well as her mother's childhood in China. She does finally tell her father's story towards the end. Her mother's story is interspersed through Amy's story of growing up in California then moving around Europe after her father's and older brother's deaths. They overcame a lot. I liked how this was set up through the essays. It is not a fast read but I was engaged throughout the book. As Ms. Tan tells her story she also tells her mother's story, so you know where she came from. You realize what her mother overcame in coming to America and marrying her second husband. The story is sad but I wanted to know. I liked so many of the essays. If this was not a library book, it would be on my keeper shelf. There is so much wisdom in these pages. So much to think about.

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