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Secrets are kept from children, a lid on top of the soup kettle, so they do not boil over with too much truth.

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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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