Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (880 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0471247421 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 278 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A Heart Wrenching Story" according to pam coon. I was captivated by Adeline's life story and found it extremely painful to read about her childhood hardships. The unfairness of it all. It wasn't until I talked with a friend from another culture that I came to better understand that the child born to a mother who dies in childbirth is considered evil and consequently, certainly unwanted. Cruel to be sure, but the added cruelty was from. Falling Leaves "Falling Leaves" is a heartbreaking, revealing story of a family in emotional breakdown mode. The father, having lost his first wife to the writer in childbirth, marries again, but this time to a fearful controlling young woman, with whom he has two more children. The original six children become second class citizens as a result, and the stepmother, truly of the evil variety, takes over. Informative, but depressing Ben Rush Reading about different cultures usually teaches us valuable lessons. i anticipated I would learn a lot, but after the first half of the book, I felt I was going in circles. Because of the paternalistic culture Yen Mah grew up in, she was unable to really let the past go and move into the modern world. I kept wanting her to say, "Enough!" She was a doctor, highly educated, acclimated to
. Snow White's stepmother looks like a pussycat compared to the monster under which Adeline Yen Mah suffered. The author's memoir of life in mainland China and--after the 1949 revolution--Hong Kong is a gruesome chronicle of nonstop emotional abuse from her wealthy father and his beautiful, cruel second wife. Had she not escaped to America, where she experienced a fulfilling medical career and a happy marriage, her story would be unbearable; instead, it's grimly fascinating: Falling Leaves is an Asian Mommie Dearest. Chinese proverbs scattered throughou
Autobiography at its best." —Nien Chang, author of Life and Death in Shanghai."Charged with emotionA vivid portrait of the human capacity for meanness, malice—and love." —Jung Chang, author of Wild Swans."Fascinating and heart-rending stuffa harrowing story of emotional cruelty." —The Times of LondonInternational bestseller.The emotionally wrenching yet ultimately uplifting memoir of a Chinese woman struggling to win the love and acceptance of her family.In this compelling memoir that scaled bestseller lists in England, Australia, and Hong Kong, Adeline Yen Mah chronicles her painful childhood growing up in a wealthy ye