Tan, Amy  (, 1952-) <br/><br/>
Where the past begins  : a writer's memoir 
/ Amy Tan 
 - New York, NY  : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers  , 2017 
 - 357 p.  : illus.  ; 24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Prologue. The breaker of combs -- I: Imagination. A leaky imagination ; Music as muse ; Souvenir from a dream ; Hidden genius ; Reorientation: Homer, Alaska -- II: Memory in emotion. Genuine emotions ; The feeling of what it felt like when it happened ; A mere mortal at age twenty-five ; A mere mortal at age twenty-six ; How to change fate: step 1 -- III: Retrieving the past. The unfurling of leaves ; The auntie of the woman who lost her mind ; Unstoppable ; Time and distance: age twenty-four ; Time and distance: age fifty ; Time and distance: age sixty -- IV: Unknown endings. The darkest moment of my life ; Nipping dog ; The father I did not know ; Reliable witness -- V: Reading and writing. I am the author of this novel ; How I learned to read ; Splayed poem: the road ; Eidolons ; Letters to the editor ; Letters in English ; Why write? -- VI: Language. Language: a love story ; Intestinal fortitude ; Principles of linguistics ; Companions in the house. 
<br/><br/> From author Amy Tan, a memoir on her life as a writer, her childhood, and the symbiotic relationship between fiction and emotional memory. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780062319296 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Tan, Amy (, 1952-) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Novelists, American---20th century----Biography<br/>Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)<br/>Autobiographies
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>92 TAN