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Book reading and signing event -- "The Woman Who Could Not Forget"

Book reading and signing event -- "The Woman Who Could Not Forget, Iris Chang Before and Beyond The Rape of Nanking, A Memoir"

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The mother of internationally famous writer Iris Chang makes her appearance in Cupertino for her book, 'The Woman Who Could Not Forget.'

The Woman Who Could Not Forget, it turns out, has a mother who could not, either.

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In the opening pages of her new book, Ying-Ying Chang describes the heart-stopping moment in which her son-in-law calls with the news that his wife has gone missing from their San Jose townhouse sometime during the night.

It doesn’t matter that Chang’s daughter is a 36-year-old adult. Or that she is a beautiful, famous, best-selling author. Ying-Ying Chang is a mother, frantic with the knowledge that her daughter left behind a suicide note.

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