Amy Tan has touched millions of readers with haunting and
sympathetic novels of cultural complexity and profound
empathy. With the same spirit and humor that characterize
her acclaimed novels, she now shares her insight into her
own life and how she escaped the curses of her past to make
a future of her own. She takes us on a journey from her
childhood of tragedy and comedy to the present day and her
arrival as one of the world’s best-loved novelists. Whether
recalling arguments with her mother in suburban California
or introducing us to the ghosts that inhabit her computer,
The Opposite of Fate offers vivid portraits of
choices, attitudes, charms, and luck in action—a refreshing
antidote to the world-weariness and uncertainties we all
face today.