EPISODE · May 12, 2023 · 18 MIN

Amy Tan

from Now I've Heard Everything · host Bill Thompson

Stories inspired by her mother made her a best-selling author. Amy Tan's 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club was based largely on the wisdom her mother and her contemporaries had brought to America from China. In this 1990 interview, Tan reflects on her mother's life, their relationship, and the incredible well of consciousness she tapped into for her book. Get The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan You may also enjoy my interviews with and Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Betty DeGeneres For more vintage interviews with celebrities, leaders, and influencers, subscribe to Now I've Heard Everything on Spotify, Apple Podcasts. or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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