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Amy Tan Guest

Amy Tan

author, 'The Kitchen God’s Wife' and 'The Joy Luck Club'

American writer of Chinese ancestry

FROM Amy Tan

Amy Tan

May 10, 2001

Amy Tan

Sep 03, 1991

Amy Tan and Faith Sale

Amy Tan and Faith Sale

Jul 31, 1989

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