caption pages subject publisher english_pub_date author genre image article_title name isbn
2012 first edition hardcover 288 pages memoir portfolio hardcover december 31 , 2012 ping fu , meimei fox non-fiction bend , notbreakpingfu.jpg bend , not break
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bend , not break

bend , not break : a life in two worlds is a 2012 memoir by ping fu , with co-author meimei fox .
the book tells stories from fu 's life , starting with her childhood in china at the dawn of the cultural revolution , and continuing through her role as co-founder and ceo of geomagic , a 3d graphics software development company in the united states .
the book was first published in english on december 31 , 2012 through portfolio hardcover .
several weeks after publication , the book became the focus of controversy over claims by chinese bloggers , and commenters from both china and america , that fu had exaggerated or falsified some of the stories from her life in china .
fu has denied falsifying her stories , but has acknowledged some errors in the book , and has committed to correcting them in the next printing .
