TY - BOOK AU - Tan, Amy TI - Where the Past Begins: Memory and Imagination SN - 9780007585571 U1 - 813 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - 4th Estate KW - Autobiography KW - Memoir KW - Asian American KW - AB N1 - IB N2 - In Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan reveals the ways that our memories and personal experiences can inform our creative work. Drawing on her vivid impressions of her upbringing, Tan investigates the truths and inspirations behind her writing while illuminating how we all explore, confront, and process complex memories, especially half-forgotten ones from childhood ER -