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Lee grew up in a Vancouver suburb, the second-oldest daughter of immigrants. Her father a post-World War II orphan from Hong Kong, her mother an escapee from Communist China who was diagnosed with schizophrenia when Lee was young. As a consquence, Lee's upbringing was within a strict, secretive and abusive family. When Lee was 15, her parents split up and Lee ran away from home, eventually living with a "community of lesbians and artists". | Lee grew up in a Vancouver suburb, the second-oldest daughter of immigrants. Her father a post-World War II orphan from Hong Kong, her mother an escapee from Communist China who was diagnosed with schizophrenia when Lee was young. As a consquence, Lee's upbringing was within a strict, secretive and abusive family. When Lee was 15, her parents split up and Lee ran away from home, eventually living with a "community of lesbians and artists". | ||