The Backyard Bird Chronicles: 50 Postcards

by Amy Tan

Overview

Based on Amy Tan's New York Times best-selling book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles, this collection of 50 postcards features the world renowned author's most beautiful drawings and colorful renderings of the birds that visit her Northern California home. From meddlesome Scrub Jays to delicate hummingbirds, Tan brings her novelist's eye to the personality of each bird, capturing both their whimsy and natural beauty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454957904
Publisher:	Union Square Gift
Publication date:	03/04/2025
Product dimensions:	4.50(w) x 6.44(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

With her best-known novel, The Joy Luck Club, published in 1989 and widely translated, the Chinese-American author Amy Tan defined the genre of immigrant fiction, perfectly capturing the struggle between the first and second generations as they adapt to a new culture. Other bestselling novels include The Kitchen God's Wife and The Valley of Amazement and the children's book Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, which was turned into an animated series which aired on PBS.

Hometown:

San Francisco, California and New York, New York

Date of Birth:

February 19, 1952

Place of Birth:

Oakland, California

Education:

B.A., San Jose State University, 1973; M.A., 1974