a book by amy tan entitled saving fish from drowning . the book was published in 2005by G. P. putnam's sons in new york, new york.

Tan, Amy. Saving Fish from Drowning. New York City: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2005.

Explanation:

I assume that your task is to cite the given book. When you're writing a citation of this kind, you should list information in the following order:

The author's last and first name should be divided by a comma. They're followed by a period. The book title should be put in quotation marks or written in italics. It's also followed by a period. The city of publication is written next. It's followed by a colon and the publisher's name. The final piece of information is the year of publication. It's preceded by a comma and followed by a period.

This is how we'll get the following citation: Tan, Amy. Saving Fish from Drowning. New York City: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2005.

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