Amy Tan has struggled with many problems caused by her dual culture, which she has fully expressed in her works. Daisy and John Tan were post-war immigrants and the parents of Amy Tan (Amy Tan). Tan was given the Chinese name An-Mei, meaning blessings of America (McCarthy). To them, she was the blessing they received after their own struggles. Tan's father came to America after World War II to become a minister (Amy Tan). Even though Tan's life seemed to be going smoothly, tragedy struck. Tan's father and older brother died of a brain tumor when Tan was only fifteen (Wiener 27). In her works, Amy Tan focuses on the struggles that Chinese-American women face in mother-daughter relationships, their struggles to control their cultural identity, and the tragedy that accelerates the breakdown of the relationship. Before coming to America, Tan's mother was forced into a marriage (Amy Tan). She divorced her first husband and went to America to marry Tan's father, whom she had met in China during World War II (Martin). When Tan's mother, Daisy, arrived in the United States, she had to leave her young children behind with the possibility of one day being able to return for them. Daisy's children from her first marriage stayed in China while Daisy came to America (McCarthy). Tan models the story of her stepsisters being abandoned by their mother in The Joy Luck Club. In the story, Suyuan Woo had to abandon her daughters when she left China while facing many obstacles in finding them (Wiener 25-27). Although Daisy had no remorse in leaving behind her family, including her two daughters (Showalter 789). ). In The Hundred Secret Senses, Olivia's father came to America from China in search of a better life but had no c...... middle of paper ......ogin?url =http://search.ebscohost.com/ login.aspx?direct=true&db=b6h&AN=15268093&site=brc-live>.McCarthy, Joanne. Magill's Survey of American Literature, revised edition, Biography Reference Center. September 2006, Web. February 24, 2014. .Parini, Jay. “Amy Tan.” American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. New York: Scribner's, 2002. 292-297. Print. Showalter, Elaine. “Amy Tan.” The vintage book of American women writers. New York: Vintage Books, 2011. 789-799. Print.Tan, Amy. The Hundred Secret Senses. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1995. Print. Tan, Amy. The opposite of destiny: a book of reflections. New York: Putnam, 2003. Print. Wiener, Gary. Women's Issues in Amy Tan's Joy Luck Club. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. Print.