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Only with maturity did I come to appreciate my own Chinese roots: not just the food and the ancient history, but also the philosophy of child-rearing and the respect for education and knowledge.

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Tess Gerritsen
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 12
Novelist
Physician
Writer
San Diego
California
Children
Philosophy
Food
Rearing
Education
Maturity
Child
Chinese
Knowledge
Ancient
History
Roots
Also
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