About the Author:
Ying-Ying Chang is the mother of Iris Chang. She has a PhD from Harvard in biochemistry and was a research associate professor of microbiology at University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign with her husband, Shau-Jin, a physics professor. She lives in San Jose, California and is on the board of the Iris Chang Memorial Fund.
Review:
“...Ying-Ying Chang has created a moving and beautiful tribute to her daughter.” —Booklist
“Ying-Ying Chang, a Harvard-trained biochemist, wants to give an accounting of her daughter’s life and the events leading up to her death...She gives some credence to a possible conspiracy...” —Publisher Weekly
“A caring and graceful memoir that deserves wide attention. Moving and superb.” —Jim Lehrer, Host of PBS Newshour
“In this brave memoir, you will share in the celebration of a life, allowing us to experience her presence again. Full of courage and conviction, full of life.” —Richard Rhodes, from the Introduction
“This is a brave and serious book, a worthy memorial to a brave and serious daughter.” —Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman
“Read this book and you will know Iris Chang as the courageous woman she was.” —James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Father; Flyboys; The Imperial Cruise
“Hard work, true grit: ‘The Woman Who Could Not Forget’ ultimately isn't a sad story, but rather a celebration of Iris's remarkable life.” —The Wall Street Journal
“Ying-Ying had accomplished what she set out to do. Iris Chang will not be forgotten.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“The memoir's introduction is by Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, who was impressed by the determination of Chang's mother to celebrate her daughter's life.” —San Jose Mercury News
“Ying-Ying Chang provides new insights into the pressures that the world put on Iris, who...came not only to fear for her own safety but for that of her loved ones.” —The Atlantic
“...this book is a powerfully written page-turner that will touch the heart of every reader.” —Eamonn Fingleton, Tokyo-based author of Unsustainable: How Economic Dogma Is Destroying American Prosperity
“Iris Chang's courage, her tenacity and conviction reverberate through this excellent biography.” —Mo Hayder, author of Birdman; The Devil of Nanking.
“...intimate portrait of a brilliant historian and a beloved daughter.” —Ted Leonsis, producer of the film Nanking and author of The Business of Happiness
“...a riveting portrayal of a celebrated writer, and a compassionate and remarkable woman." —Bill Guttentag, director of the film Nanking and author of Boulevard
“In these heartfelt pages, Prof. Chang's own memories advance the cause of justice to which Iris devoted her life.” —David Henry Hwang, author of M. Butterfly; FOB
“This beautiful and courageous memoir is the gift of a mother’s love and has a storyteller’s fine detail...” —Helen Zia, author of Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People
"The Woman Who Could Not Forget is the most moving and powerful book I've read in the last ten years. I stayed up all night reading it --I could not put it down. It's about an extraordinary woman whose legacy lives on, but it's also a heartbreaking mother-daughter love story. After all the sensationalist media speculation, it was shocking to learn the truth. This book holds more than one important lesson for us all." —Amy Chua, Yale Law Professor and author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
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