Iris Chang

[amitabha]

How bad is it that I did not know that Iris Chang, famed author of the most excellent book The Rape of Nanking, which I finished during jury duty by the way, killed herself on November 9, 2004?

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from WikipediaChang suffered a nervous breakdown that required hospitalization while researching her fourth book, about United States soldiers who

Comments

[thrownoverbored]

oh you didn't know? sad, right?

[amitabha]

i didn't know, and yes that is pretty sad.

it was really depressing to find out. i really liked that book...