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The forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading A Catcher in the Rye.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
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