false 97331 0142004898 9780142004890 1502 212 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171375276m/97331.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/97331.The_Opposite_of_Fate_Memories_of_a_Writing_Life 5246 Amy Tan 114629 5230 Okay, I got to the section mostly about language--I liked it but don't think people who don't have a background in linguistics would care. 0 2009-02-06T07:22:14-08:00 353743 375 2009-02-06T07:22:14-08:00 I love Amy Tan! 0 2009-02-05T11:16:10-08:00 350774 266 2009-02-05T11:16:10-08:00 0 2009-02-03T06:16:59-08:00 341308 155 2009-02-03T06:16:59-08:00 0 2009-02-03T06:16:39-08:00 341307 1550 2009-02-03T06:16:39-08:00 This was recommended to me by someone in my writing group. I love it so far! Love it. 0 2009-02-01T11:35:13-08:00 334522 50 2009-02-01T11:35:13-08:00 4 2 false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 11:34:49 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 12:02:44 -0800 2009
I particularly enjoyed reading about Tan's mother (but of course it's the crazy/hard-lifed mothers that make Joy Luck and Kitchen God's Wife so good) and about her path to making it as a writer. I also liked reading about how her mother made her sit down at the piano and practice for an hour every day even when she'd much rather be outside playing. I even liked reading about her thoughts on lanuage and how they formed who she is today, as a writer and generally as a person.

There's a reason why people love Amy Tan--it's because she has the writing style to make you feel like she IS your best friend and that she's telling her stories to you, making you HER friend.]]>