Ten signs you're drinking a little too much: Here's how to know when enjoying the odd glass of wine slips into something harmful. Chances are that you consider yourself a moderate drinker. Perhaps you enjoy the odd glass of wine after work, or have a few pints on Saturdays only and abstain for the rest of the week.
In 1985, in an attempt to find meaning in life, she started to write fiction in her spare time. She attended a fiction workshop at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers. There she met writer Molly Giles, who gave her advice on a flawed short story with too many inconsistent voices and too many beginnings of stories.
Like many of the daughters in The Joy Luck Club , Amy Tan was a rebellious person who, in her youth, preferred not to be Chinese but to be entirely American. It was not until she was thirty-five years old, visited China, and met her half-sisters there that Tan. developed a real appreciation for her Chinese roots.