The release date for the English version of 'Saving Fish from Drowning' by
Amy Tan is Sep 2006. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Eleven fortunate companions will go on a sensory adventure down the renowned Burma Road, arranged by art patron Bibi Chen of San Francisco. However, after her unexplained death, Bibi observes in horror from her spectral position as the travelers deviate from her planned path and take a detour filled with misunderstandings, curses from the tribe, amorous fantasies, and Buddhist delusions. The visitors boat over a misted lake on Christmas morning, then they vanish from sight.
Saving Fish from Drowning offers us a voice as unique, witty, and tender as the moms of The Joy Luck Club via picaresque characters and captivating visuals. Bibi is the perceptive eye of human nature; she sees both good intentions and negative results, as well as the desperate and the helpers of the desperate. Ultimately, Tan guides her audience to that space inside themselves where hope is discovered.