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Saving Fish from Drowning

Amy Tan

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Aug 05, 2008 Kim rated it it was amazing

When you meet someone in the middle of the lake & they say that they're reading a book & you have the book on your shelf waiting to be read it's almost like kismet. So --- I'm starting this book just to have something in common with a new neighbor. - Just finished this very clever book that was a pleasure to read. Travel to Burma wasn't high on my list of things to do, but Amy Tan did a marvelous job of portraying this country in a way that makes me curious. If you like to read a story with wond ...more

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Jul 03, 2010 Stephanie rated it liked it · review of another edition

A different kind of Amy Tan book.

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Dec 03, 2020 Laura (booksnob) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: literature, world-lit, diverse-books, 2020

A group trip to China and Myanmar goes awry when the participants are kidnapped by a Karen tribe.
It was interesting. I learned a lot about the Karen people and Myanmar.

-LL

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