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Yesterday my daughter said to me, 'My marriage is falling apart.' And now all she can do is watch it falling.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
Falling
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Yesterday
Daughter
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Marriage
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Ying-ying, you have tiger eyes. They gather fire in the day. At night they shine golden.
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What is a secret wish? It is what you want but cannot ask.
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I love and am loved, fully and freely, nothing expected, more than enough received.
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