In the years that followed Lan taught himself the historian's craft and collected a rich store of materials which, as he explains, were the origin of his latest book: "I had collected a wealth of materials waiting to be classified and arranged, but the stories of these five women provided me with the most complete source for shedding light on the true face of the female victims of the White Terror."
多年來，靠著自修的史學訓練，藍博洲堆疊了豐富報導素材，「當手邊採擷的資料累積多了，就可以再加分類編排，而這五位女性故事最為完整，正可廓清在白色恐怖時期，女性受難者面貌，」他解釋出書緣由。