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My sister Kwan believes she has yin eyes. She sees those who have died and now dwell in the world of Yin, ghosts who leave the mists just to visit her kitchen on Balboa Street in San Francisco.

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