Saving Fish From Drowning
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Amy Tan. Saving Fish From Drowning
AMY TAN. Saving Fish from Drowning
CONTENTS
1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF MY SHORTENED LIFE
2 MY PLANS UNDONE
3 SUCH WAS THEIR KARMA
4 HOW HAPPINESS FOUND THEM
5 WE ALL DO WHAT WE MUST
6 SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING
7 THE JACARANDAS
8 IT WAS NOT JUST A CARD TRICK
9 NO TRACE
10 NO NAME PLACE
11 THEY ALL STUCK TOGETHER
12 DARWIN’S FITTEST
13 OF PARTICULAR CONCERN
14 THE INVENTION OF NOODLES
15 A PROMISING LEAD
16 HOW THEY MADE THE NEWS
17 THE APPEARANCE OF MIRACLES
18 THE NATURE OF HAPPY ENDINGS
P.S
About the Book. A Conversation with Amy Tan
About the Author. Life at a Glance
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PRAISE
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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COPYRIGHT
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
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COVER
TITLE PAGE
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Sweet Ma held up a hairpin for me to see but not touch. “She named you Bifang because your father gave her this ugly thing to commemorate your successful birth.” It was a hairpin with a hundred tiny leaves carved out of bright imperial-green jade. Within the branches were peony blossoms made of tiny diamonds. The shining hairpin, when placed in the hair, suggested a glorious spring. Upon seeing that hairpin for the first time, I knew why she named me Bifang: I was her precious jade, her budding treasure, her glorious spring. Bifang.
Sweet Ma tried to change my school name as well. “I like the name Bibi,” I said. “Father calls me that.”
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