Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter - Hardcover

Mah, Adeline Yen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471247421 ISBN 13: 9780471247425

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1998

Synopsis

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Review:

"FALLING LEAVES, Yen Mah's first book, reads as a fresh and haunting account of a childhood that nearly paralyzed its author for life."(The Sunday Oregonian)

"It's hard not to admire her [Mah's] persistence and perseverance..." (The New York Times Book Review)

"Fascinating and heart-rending stuff... a harrowing story of emotional cruelty." (The Times (London))

"A moving saga." (The Sunday Telegraph (London))

-FALLING LEAVES, Yen Mah's first book, reads as a fresh and haunting account of a childhood that nearly paralyzed its author for life.-(The Sunday Oregonian)

-It's hard not to admire her [Mah's] persistence and perseverance...- (The New York Times Book Review)

-Fascinating and heart-rending stuff... a harrowing story of emotional cruelty.- (The Times (London))

-A moving saga.- (The Sunday Telegraph (London))

From the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0471247421
• ISBN 13: 9780471247425
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 278