Show I 4 The Herald journal Logan Utah Monday December 22 2003 — C5 4 ‘ SHERMANS LAGOON mtmcmor 6tV£ IT 6LMSBS ANP MOOLASSChJUST SMART for txtmt- - -- mmtRtm CABM6C PffifO' IT LOOKS ITS ALL real life ghosts and all APPORANCtS By Maria Sudekum Fisher Associated Press Writer “The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Mns-ing- s” ' By AmyTan Putnam 398 Pages $2495 CATHY All C HAUER TOR " "me CEU CHARGER WRTHE CHARGER HR THE CHARGER FOR TOR CHARGER X NEED ' WERE is non dad PHONE sniiiN AND ACCESS TD A SOCKET'! PM CAMCORDER It was in Montreux Switzerland that Amy Tan came into her own as a teenager meaning that was where she found an unsuitable boyfriend who really irritated her mother In some families that drama might have led to shouting drugs or threats Foir youtfg Amy it meant all the above plus a meat cleaver to the throat : TOP THREE! THE - LAPTOP! Rift THE ORAL INGKRESNSWU ' C ' Sv door-slimmi- THE CAMERA:!' THE ' I Book review: U “My mother was furious because I had a ' boyfriend She was shouting that he was a drug sexwho would use me'for addict 'a! bad man throw me away like leftover garbage ! “She slammed the door shut latched it then ' locked it with a key I saw the flash of a meat cleaver just before she pushed me to the wall t the blade’s edge (o within an inch of my throat” Through Tan's novels which include “The Joy Luck Cub” and “The Kitchen God's Wife" one might have thought Tan had mined the motherTdaughter lode for all it was worth 'But now comes The Opposite of Fate: A APPhulp Book of Musings'' Tan's very personal often Author Amy Tart's new book The Opposite dl Fate funny collection of essays about her mother A Boole of Musings’ gives fans a glimpse into her her chiidhrxxL writing and more pastand Ipresent “musings” are separate articles some of ’ In “The which' have been published before Uld her sire wwldbtwnitc a writer She a1siV' : Cliffs Notes Version of My Life Tan says her describes hbwv she iosthiT voice ori each of the: family endured the deaths of her father and a first seven anniversaries the friend's murder brother both from brain tumors within a year : vlt must have been a psychogenic gesture of each other when she was about 15 and the he horror I could not talk about " t suburban in was California Jiving of entries dike that combined w ith J family : Shortly after that her mother had an the ongoing family drama makes-“ThOppo-- : : siteor Fate” romelinwsM life a cross epiphany while holding a can of Old hitch ' r cleanser between the writings of Mary Karr and Sliirley-- ' ' “Holland is clean We moving to Holland'5 MacLaine! But “The Opposite of Fate" lacks Tan announced to Amy and her younger Daisy the grit of Karr's “The Liars' Club" and the' " brother Didi Holland didn't work out which unabashed wackiness ofMacLaine s "Out oiiii ' is why the family eventually ended up in In the last and perhaps best chapter s Limb'' Switzerland where Tan graduated from high Tan details her long hatllc-wiiLyme disease school "The Oppositeof Fate ' also includes and herstruggle to find li diagrioSs lor synip-- : sections about fame in the Internet age --- a mms ranging from fatigue and pain to for “Amy Tan" brings thousands nations - ' ' - Tan isiit her best when describing her on it v of hits — her decision to dump a doctoral tries degree in linguistics to become a writer and rrjch )ifevits highs arid lows It's Ulu‘n-shher role as a singer for the Rock Bottom to tackle subjects like human rights in China V Remainders a group of writers who gettogeth- - that she loses track Arid why the hook includes : er to Tan wrote about the a brief entry the play music forchanty “The Qppositeof Fate’ also has tons of ref- is anyohe’sgiless library' f : erences to ghosts which seem to parade Y “The Opposite of Fate' is heaped with Ainy ' fic- do her life as real Tan’s that her fans will enjoy and through just they ' ' ' Action v A appreciate! But for brighter more energetic jari 'A In a chapter titled “A Question of Fate" Tin writing try “The Joy Luck Cluh'’ says a dead friend carrie to her in a dream and ' BEETLE BAILEY WOULD YOU LIKE SECONDS SAR6E - HAGAR THE HORRIBLE if fr Thq-effec- v e - : : halhic'r-Wehsear- PEANUTS i - e : WHAT HAPPENED TD: MONCW NOON FOOTBALL? : ' ' ' ! j - Shoshone Trail MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM A KNOWS HEKNOMSWHEM MOMSTAKMEi ARE HE novel by David J Hawkes usTOMeer ORGOOt)SOB£ : E' JOHN ASHCROFT: shelter' Then turning he said “MoroniV are' Monnoii like me and MaT v “Yes J am’'' Moroni answered "Hn did v-th- v : ' ' ycYu ir - satisfied that nothing was : amiss: he went to the appaloosa and the mare: : ytm LnowT' '' v Gathering up hjs dryingelothies and other gear - "Well you got a name-he packed and headed bjek oSam and his eri Sain was 'off for the river Hisaiteotixn ' mother-Ahe traveled Moroni noticed - hack to the sick woman Moroni began cutting ' ' "!' 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Moroni' dumped several handfuls: of chunk see Sam hungrily shewing on a half-raheans along'with a piiicli of pepper and' a hit of bf elk'-'- : ydur piece for you Misler ctxiking?” Sam as'kedeyemg Moroni - Sam'said a miwthful of meat as Moroni cut up another chunkdf elk -Moronisaidwiiha '!lJSVXroni un(j put jhlc pieces intuihepotsmile Next to the sick wonuinhe pulled h(s "Making some stew" Moroni responded “1 pack to him Reaching inside he pulled out his lhou g ht nijiyfie yOM- WerC sli hungiy?" U'V :V -coffee pot Handing the pill to Sam he asked — to the river and fill thisr “Will yOU see tomorrow's Herald Journal lor the nest instaIJmerU - Mormori-soundin- " g ' 1 '- - y : FOX TROT CARE FoR A : ' ' " i' taer- ' ntcca1 J ' ' - J - ‘ bRoSS! ‘ ‘ -- UTTU EGENOO? w ! : ( - - - - - REAL UFE ADVENTURES CLOSE TO HOME r Eagerly Sam Uxik the pot arid started to exit Win HAtse CAT4AJR ALL OURL sfueATCfi 60 crtAAce '17: AND YUU A HAIHCOT YOU Ytouk down' Gnash! 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