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Authors: Judy Fong Bates
This memoir would not have been possible without my family in China and Canada sharing their stories and memories. I thank them for their generosity.
I give special thanks to my publisher, Anne Collins, for her steadfast support; to my editor, Craig Pyette, for always knowing the right questions to ask; to my agent, Denise Bukowski, for championing this project with such enthusiasm; to my copy editor, Kathryn Dean, for her keen and exacting eye; to Terri Nimmo for her spectacular and sensitive book design. Thanks to Shyam Selvadurai and Wayson Choy for reading early drafts and steering the manuscript in the right direction. To Larry Wong for helping me negotiate the archives at the Vancouver Public Library. To my niece Linda Fong for insights into the manuscript. To my dear friend Patricia O’Sullivan, for discussions and memories. And last but not
least to Michael Bates for his hard work, patience, love and abiding faith.
I wish to acknowledge
The Rape of Nanking
by Iris Chang which gave me a sense of pre-war life in that city. I also wish to acknowledge the staff at the Vancouver Public Library who helped me locate information regarding pre WWI Chinese immigrants in Canada.
Thank you to the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council whose financial assistance has helped in the realization of this work.
COPYRIGHT © 2010 JUDY FONG BATES
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Bates, Judy Fong, 1949—
The year of finding memory : a memoir / Judy Fong Bates.
eISBN: 978-0-307-37428-8
1. Bates, Judy Fong, 1949—. 2. Bates, Judy Fong, 1949–—Family.
3. China—Biography. 4. Chinese Canadians—Biography. 5. Authors, Canadian
(English)—20th century—Biography. I. Title.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four