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Now they seemed to be in a contest over who could irritate her more, and she sometimes had to remind herself that teenagers had souls

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Amy Tan
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 19
Essayist
Film Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Oakland
California
Amy Ruth Tan
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Teenager
Souls
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Irritate
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