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Her education only made her unhappy thinking about it - that no matter how much she changed her life, she could not change the world that surrounded her.

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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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