Acknowledgments Summary and Analysis

Chang ends the novel by thanking a variety of individuals vital to the content of the novel. These include her parents, her editor, the Global Alliance for Preserving the History of World War II in Asia, translators, historians, and friends. She also thanks the Pacific Cultural Foundation, which funded her trip to Asia. In addition, she sends gratitude to the Institute of Modern History, the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanking Massacre by Japanese Invaders, the China Times reporter Caroline Lin, and the survivors of the massacre who were brave enough to tell their stories and their families, as well as several institutes within the US and abroad which gave their time and energy. She closes by thanking her husband, who helped her through the gruesome stories to find the truth about the Rape of Nanking.