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I felt stuck in the bottom of a wishing well. I was desperate to shout what I wanted, but I didn’t know what that was. I knew only what it wasn’t. The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
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Amy Ruth Tan
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