National Humanities Medal winner and bests elling author of The Joy Luck Club\, Amy Tan joins us to share on her body of work and reflect on the wonder of slowing down and savoring t he quiet moments. Her connection to nature is captured in her latest\, The Backyard Bird Chronicles\, a collection of sketches and essays w hich debuted at #1 on both the New York Times and the Indie bestseller lis t.
\nBorn in the U.S. to immigrant parents from China\, Tan&rsquo\;s first bestselling novel\, The Joy Luck Club\, offered a look at the immigration experience from the perspective of mothers and daughters. Other New York Times best-sellers followed\, including The Kitchen God &rsquo\;s Wife\, The Hundred Secret Senses\, The Bonesetter&rsquo\;s Daugh ter\, Saving Fish from Drowning\, and The Valley of Amazement. Tan is also the author of two children&rsquo\;s books\, a memoir\, and other works. In keeping with her love of science and childhood love of doo dling\, she recently took up nature journal sketching. When she found hers elf overwhelmed by our increasingly divisive culture\, she turned to natur e and the world of bird life outside her own window.
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