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Her novels are the joy luck club, the kitchen gods wife, the hundred secret senses, the bonesetters daughter, and saving fish from drowning, all new york times bestsellers and the recipient of various awards. On an illfated art expedition into the southern shan state of burma, eleven americans leave their floating island resort for a christmasmorning tourand disappear. Once things get going the story becomes marginally more interesting, but the conclusion and climax are lacking. Bibi is the observant eye of human naturethe witness of good intentions and bad outcomes, of desperate souls and those who wish to save them. Saving fish from drowning is a 2005 novel written by amy tan.
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