Ping fu harkens back to that time in her new book bend, not break. As i wrote in the book, i was not the author of the article a confession of a communist member, i was an. So, bend, not break is either a perfect example of why i dont, or its simply a terrible book. Ping fu, founder of tech company geomagic, which is in the process of being acquired by publicly traded 3d systems, penned the new memoir bend, not break. A life in two worlds and over one million other books are available for amazon kindle. She apparently overcame great odds as a young girl in china, was then quietly expelled from china, and eventually succeeded in america as the head of geomagic, a software company that works to create 3d products. Bend, not break depicts a journey from imprisonment to freedom, and from the dogmatic anticapitalism of maos china to the highstakes, takenoprisoners world of technology startups in the united states. The book bend, not break lies from the first sentence, and the lie continues in the following chapters throughout the book. In bend, not break, fu ping mentioned study sessions as frequent daily activities during the cultural revolution years. This is the promotional trailer for my latest book, bend, not break, written with ping fu, founder and ceo of geomagic.
Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking, capable of adapting to any. From maos china to the white house by ping fu from boffins books in perth, australia. A life in two worlds is a 2012 memoir by ping fu, with co author meimei fox. Ping fu knows what its like to be a child soldier, a factory worker, and a political prisoner. Buy bend, not break by ping fu 9780241257395 from boomerang books, australias online independent bookstore. The book tells stories from fus life, starting with her childhood in. It is just interesting for us to wonder what kind of editing errors can result in stories that never exited, or how bad a memory ping fu has to have to write a bio contradicting to her schoolmates memories and chinese readers common sense. Heartbroken author ping fu willing to apologise for. Bend, not break by ping fu was a wonderful serendipity for me.
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Ping fu defends bend, not break memoir against online. Bend, not break author ping fu responds to backlash forbes. It is a tribute to one womans courage in the face of cruelty and a valuable lesson on the enduring power of resilience. Our time was occupied by study sessions, in which we did nothing but recite slogans from maos little red book, and struggle sessions, in which we denounced ourselves and ate bitter meals. To ask other readers questions about bend, not break, please sign up. Its like im living the book title, says ping fu, author of the new memoir bend, not break. Last week, i published what i believed to be a story of one womans triumph against incredible odds. Torn from her adoptive mother and father during the cultural revolution in china in the late 60s, ping fu was forced to raise herself and her. Bend, not break, by ping fu exclusive excerpt boing boing. Q and a with ping fu, author of bend not break south. It suggests resilience, meaning that we have the ability to. The author tells a great story of succeeding through adversity.