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Even though I was young, I could see the pain of the flesh and the worth of the pain.

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
Though
Pain
Young
Even
Flesh
Worth

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