Items related to Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese...
Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series) - Hardcover
The author describes her difficult childhood and the psychological abuse by her stepmother
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
"I read for two nights, sleepless, my heart pierced by Adeline Yen Mah's account of her terrible childhood. Falling Leaves is a potent psychological drama pitting a stubborn little girl against the most merciless of adversaries and rivals: her own family. I am still haunted by Mah's memoir."
--Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club
"Painful and lovely, at once heartbreaking and heartening."
--Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
"Brilliant, compelling, and unforgettable. A heartrending modern-day Cinderella story set against the turbulence of twentieth-century China. Autobiography at its best."
--Nien Chang, author of Life and Death in Shanghai
From the Author:
--Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club
"Painful and lovely, at once heartbreaking and heartening."
--Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
"Brilliant, compelling, and unforgettable. A heartrending modern-day Cinderella story set against the turbulence of twentieth-century China. Autobiography at its best."
--Nien Chang, author of Life and Death in Shanghai
Response from readers has exceeded my wildest dreams
For the first fourteen years of my life, I don't recall having opened my mouth once to volunteer a single spontaneous remark during any of the meal times I shared with my parents. Everything I repressed and dared not say as a child growing up in Shanghai is in Falling Leaves. I wrote it on behalf of all unwanted children in the hope that they will persist to do their best in the face of hopelessness, to believe that in the end their spirit will prevail, to transcend their abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion.
For the first fourteen years of my life, I don't recall having opened my mouth once to volunteer a single spontaneous remark during any of the meal times I shared with my parents. Everything I repressed and dared not say as a child growing up in Shanghai is in Falling Leaves. I wrote it on behalf of all unwanted children in the hope that they will persist to do their best in the face of hopelessness, to believe that in the end their spirit will prevail, to transcend their abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherThorndike Press
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0786219149
- ISBN 13 9780786219148
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages437
- Rating
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
Published by
Thorndike Pr
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0786219149
ISBN 13: 9780786219148
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # DADAX0786219149
Buy New
£ 34.36
Convert currency