"Part biography, part detective story, part memoir of a thorny but enduring friendship, this book takes us to the heart of Iris Chang's tragic life. Paula Kamen writes with astute psychological insight, the intuition of a close friend--and with the determination of an investigative reporter resolved to get to the bottom of a death as baffling as it is heartbreaking."--(Molly Worthen, author of The Man on Whom Nothing Was Lost)

"Iris Chang inspired many, including me. Now Iris's life has inspired her friend Paula Kamen to write a tender remembrance of a great woman."--(James Bradley, author Flags of Our Fathers and Flyboys)

"Journalist Paula Kamen leaves no clue unturned in this riveting narrative that is part detective story, part psychological drama, part homage to a friend, as she peels back the complexities of Iris Chang's life and death-revealing the obsessions, frailties, significance, and, ultimately, the humanity of this legendary Chinese American woman warrior."--(Helen Zia, author of Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People)