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Only two kinds of daughters, she shouted in Chinese. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind!

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