I've just finished Amy Tan's
Saving Fish from Drowning. I had avoided reading it because I wasn't crazy about
The Bonesetter's Daughter. I have to say I enjoyed this book. I especially liked that it's narrated by the ghost of a dead woman. She is the tour leader for a group of 12 that travel to Burma and end up disappearing. Given my interest in travel and different cultures, I liked being immersed in an exotic part of the world and, as usual, Tan has created an evocative setting filled with culturally rich details. I'm not sure it's as "deep" as a "provocative and mesmerizing tale about the mind and the heart of the individual, the actions we choose, the moral questions we might ask ourselves, and above all, the deeply personal answers we seek when happy endings are seemingly impossible," but maybe I've missed the point. Thoughts? In any case, GREAT title. Bears some further thinking through...
I read this so long ago, I can't recall details, but I do remember that I didn't love it the way that I loved The Kitchen God's Wife.
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