HarperCollins has acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to
bestselling author Amy Tan‘s (pictured, via) forthcoming novel,
The Valley of Amazement.  In the U.S., Ecco publisher Daniel
Halpern negotiated with Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
president Sandra Dijkstra. In Canada, Harper Canada publisher
Iris Tupholme ironed out a contract with Westwood Creative
Artists literary agent John Pearce.  Tan described her book in
the release: “A painting called the ‘Valley of Amazement’ is
passed along through three generations of women of the same
family. Despite vast differences in their upbringing, culture
and circumstances, each of the women is drawn to discover the
meaning of the painting and the unknown histories of their
mothers.”