Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

Mah, Adeline Yen

ISBN 10: 0786219149 / ISBN 13: 9780786219148

Published by Thorndike Pr, 1999

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Seller Inventory # BSM.17OZU

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786219149
• ISBN 13: 9780786219148
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

The author describes her difficult childhood and the psychological abuse by her stepmother

Review

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. Chinese proverbs scattered throughout the text pithily covey the traditional world view that prompted Adeline's subservience. 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.