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Amy Tan

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    (February 19, 1952- )
    Wrote the novels 'The Joy Luck Club,' 'The Kitchen God's Wife,' 'The Hundred Secret Senses' and 'The Bonesetter's Daughter'

Why she might be annoying:

    When she was younger, she slept with a clothespin on her nose hoping to slim its shape.
    She was once involved with an older man who had connections with drug dealers and organized crime.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She won an essay contest when she was just eight.
    Her father and brother died when she was a teenager.
    'The Joy Luck Club' was on the New York Times' best-seller list for seven months and sold more than 275,000 hard-cover copies.
    Her Chinese name is An-mei, which means 'blessing from America.'

Credit: Joy Luck Project


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 21 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 112 Votes: 52.68% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 46 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 101 Votes: 66.34% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 158 Votes: 81.01% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 85 Votes: 74.12% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 213 Votes: 50.23% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 219 Votes: 65.30% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 86.96% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 74 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 119 Votes: 57.98% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 219 Votes: 58.45% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 261 Votes: 53.26% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 296 Votes: 44.93% Annoying