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100 1 $aTan, Amy,$eauthor.
245 10 $aWhere the past begins :$ba writer's memoir /$cAmy Tan.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,$c[2017]
300 $ax, 357 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aPrologue. 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.
520 $a"From New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan, a memoir on her life as a writer, her childhood, and the symbiotic relationship between fiction and emotional memory"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aTan, Amy.
650 0 $aNovelists, American$y20th century$vBiography.
650 0 $aCreation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing.$2bisacsh
655 7 $aAutobiographies.$2lcgft
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852 00 $bbar$hPS3570.A48$iZ46 2017