Falling Leaves The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

Name: Falling Leaves The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
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ISBN: 9780767903578

ISBN-10: 0767903579

ISBN-13: 9780767903578

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Adeline Yen Mah

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Born in 1937 in a port city a thousand miles north of Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah was the youngest child of an affluent Chinese family who enjoyed rare privileges during a time of political and cultural upheaval. But wealth and position could not shield Adeline from a childhood of appalling emotional abuse at the hands of a cruel and manipulative Eurasian stepmother. Determined to survive through her enduring faith in family unity, Adeline struggled for independence as she moved from Hong Kong to England and eventually to the United States to become a physician and writer. A compelling, painful, and ultimately triumphant story of a girl's journey into adulthood, Adeline's story is a…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/6/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.26" wide x 7.99" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Prologue



The Appropriate Door Fits the Frame of the Correct House




Converting Iron into Gold




Inseparable as Each Other's Shadows




Surpassing Loveliness Good Enough to Feast Upon




An Episode of a Spring Dream




Family Ugliness Should Never be Aired in Public




Climbing a Tree to Seek for Fish




Extend the Same Treatment to All




Inspired Scholar in an Enchanting Land




Each Day Passes Like a Year




Original Ideas in Literary Composition




Same Bed, Different Dreams




Is Anything Impossible?




One Lute, One Crane




Fish Swimming in a Cauldron




One Horse, Single Spear




Marry a Chicken, Follow a Chicken




You Plant Melons, You Reap Melons




Hearts Reduced to Ashes




Scales and Shells in the Belly




Heavenmade Union




Besieged by Hostile Forces on All Sides




Coarse Tea and Plain Rice




While Drinking Water, Remember the Source




Sever This Kinship with One Whack of the Knife




Creating Waves Without Wind




Near Vermilion, One Gets Stained Red; Near Ink, One Gets Stained Black




Wine and Meat Friends




Headless and Clueless Case




Opened the Door to Salute the Thief




Steal the Bell While Covering Your Ears




Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots



Index