Amy Tan's roots are in a sorrowful family history and painful personal traumas. Her father, John Tan, immigrated to the United States in 1947. He worked as an engineer and served as a Baptist minister. Amy's mother, Daisy, came to the United States in 19...

On the publication of her first novel, The Joy Luck Club (1989), Amy Tan became an instant star in the publishing world; and her second novel, The Kitchen God's Wife (1991), was a triumph as well. Tan's skillful renditions of mother-daughter relationship...

Amy Tan's novels concerning the bonds between Chinese-American mothers and daughters have earned her a worldwide audience. Although immersed in the rich lore of Chinese myth and history, Tan's works transcend the particular and become testaments to the u...

Gov. Rick Perry's office acknowledged Wednesday that legislators hold the power to override his controversial order that schoolgirls be inoculated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, but said any solution they offer should address the disease.Opponents of the order have argued that legislators should...

China needs to respect the "rules of the game" while developing its economy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday during a visit to Beijing shadowed by a news report saying Chinese hackers linked to the military had infected German government computers.The German weekly Der Spiegel...

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that there was still time for international diplomatic efforts to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions, without the need for military action."I believe the international efforts will achieve the goals," Olmert said. "There is no need to get caught up...

Sex offenders who lived within 1,000 feet of a school or day care center before lawmakers made it illegal can't be evicted, a county court judge has ruled.Cole County Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce overturned a 2006 change to a state law that forced sex offenders...