Much has been made of the line between genius and madness. Throughout history, many of our greatest innovators, artists, rebels and revolutionaries have teetered between the two, often falling into deep, dark periods of debilitating depression, mania and paranoia. Some make it out of the abyss. Others do not. One of those who met an ill fate was Iris Chang, the… return to article
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Reader Comments (2)Page 1 of 1 pagesDear Talvi,
I’ve got your article via Google Alert in my mailbox. Thank you for your sharing and congratulations on the publication of your new book.
Dr Iris Chang left this world with unfinished dreams on the 9th of November 2004. I couldn’t believe it when I heard the news from a defunct local Chinese radio station on the night of 10 November 2004. The night was so long for me. I knew I could never meet Dr Chang in person anymore, let alone getting her autograph. I couldn’t understand either how Dr Ying Ying Chang and Dr Shau Jin Chang cope with the demise of their beloved daughter.
(http://www.irischangmemorialfund.org)
Will you be visiting late Dr Iris’s at Los Atos the Gate of Heaven come 9 November 2007 (Friday)? I wish to have the abilitiy and capacity to pay my respect to her someday.
Thank you for your time.
May you be well and happy.
Yours sincerely,
Florence Lim
Malaysia
3 November 2007
Posted by Florence Lim on Nov 3, 2007 at 3:18 PM Thank you for this thoughtful and insightful review.
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