title: Saving Fish from Drowning
author:  Amy Tan 
description: <b>Amy Tan</b>is the author of<i>The Joy Luck Club</i>,<i>The Kitchen Gods Wife</i>,<i>The Hundred Secret Senses</i>,<i></i>and two childrens books,<i>The Moon Lady</i>and<i>The Chinese Siamese Cat</i>, which has been adapted as<i>Sagwa</i>, a PBS series for children. Tan was also the coproducer and co-screenwriter of the film version of<i>The Joy Luck Club</i>, and her essays and stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Her work has been translated into more than 25 languages. Tan, who has a masters degree in linguistics from San Jose University, has worked as a language specialist to programs serving children with developmental disabilities. She lives with her husband in San Francisco and New York.
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  Eventually he said, “So what would you do to keep the resort open?”
  
  
  Panic kicked her in the stomach. “I—what? What could I do?”
  
  
  He walked across the veranda, stopping so close she could see the white flash
  of his narrow smile.
  
  
  “Keeping Sea Winds going would be a sacrifice for me—I’m asking what you’re
  prepared to sacrifice for your friends.”
  
  
  Blood pumped through her, awakening her body to urgent life, but her brain
  seemed to have been overwhelmed by lethargy. She moistened her lips and
  croaked, “If you mean what I think you’re meaning…”
  
  
  “That’s exactly what I mean,” he said, that note of ironic amusement more
  pronounced. “I want you, Alli. You must have guessed—it’s not as though you’re
  a sweet little innocent.”
  
  
  Stunned, she licked her lips and swallowed. “You’re going to have to be
  clearer than that.”
  
  
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