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A writer shares her immigrant mother's inspiring life story, from the U.S. to China and back again

When Alameda news writer Karin K. Jensen was a child growing up, her mother Helen Yee Chan Cochran, a Chinese American immigrant daughter, shared stories from her life about her American dream and her dashed hopes along the way to achieving it. Jensen set down her mom’s powerful history in “The Strength of Water, An Asian American Coming of Age Memoir.” (Sibylline Press, 360 pages, $21, Nov. 7, 2025). Local News Matters tapped her for this recap…
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Local News Matters broke the news in on Thursday, December 4, 2025.
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