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... > social science subjects > sociology > family studies > motherhood encyc > prominent mothers > Amy Tan
... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > interpersonal relationships > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > prominent mothers > Amy Tan
... > social science subjects > sociology > social interaction > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > prominent mothers > Amy Tan
... > social science subjects > sociology > social theory > micro-interactionist theory > social interaction > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > prominent mothers > Amy Tan

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Amy Tan  

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  • Amy Tan was born in Oakland, California, on February 19, 1952, to parents John and Daisy Tan, who had come to America from China only years earlier. When she was 15, her father and brother both died of brain tumors and her mother moved the family to Montreux, Switzerland, where Tan attended high school. [Source: Encyclopedia of Women in the American West; Tan, Amy (1952-)]

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