Finding Iris Chang Friendship, Ambition, and the Loss of an Extraordinary Mind

Name: Finding Iris Chang Friendship, Ambition, and the Loss of an Extraordinary Mind
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ISBN: 9780306817533

ISBN-10: 0306817535

ISBN-13: 9780306817533

Edition: 2009

Authors: Paula Kamen

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Iris Chang's mysterious suicide in 2004, at age thirty-six, didn't seem to make any sense. She had so much to live for, including fame, fortune, beauty, and a husband and child. Some even wondered if the controversial author of The Rape of Nanking had been murdered. Longtime friend Paula Kamen was among those left wondering what had gone so wrong. Seeking to reconcile the suicide with the image of Chang's "perfect" life, Kamen searched her memory and scoured Chang's letters and diaries to fill in the gaps of Chang's personal transformationfrom "ex-shy person" to world-class speaker and international rights pioneerand her later decline into mental illness. The result is a "riveting narrative…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 12/9/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction: The Questions



What Did They Say Happened to Iris?



What Did She Symbolize?



Were There Earlier Signs?



Why in the World Did She Run for Homecoming Court?



Who Inspired Her?



What Did She Tell Me, as a Primary Source?



What Did Her Friends Observe in Those Last Years?



What Happened in California?



What Were Her Demons?



Just Because You're Paranoid, Does That Mean They Still Aren't Out to Get You?


Afterword: Who Were the Villains?


Acknowledgments