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Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
Mother
Avoiding
Whole
Whenever
Mom
Feel
Mines
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Daughter
Time
Spend
Land
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