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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
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Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
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