false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170439795m/54529.jpg 54529 26 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: <i>Falling Leaves</i> is an Asian <i>Mommie Dearest</i>. 1429862 1997 Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter total:2505|5:606|4:987|3:696|2:166|1:50| 2505 9448 3565 435 3 6 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jul 29 08:01:28 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 09:56:45 -0700 2007
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- her style of pe...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Mar 12 19:45:10 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 19:45:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 19:13:25 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 16:14:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Nov 01 13:52:44 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 17:48:10 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 13:52:44 -0700 2008 an unwanted Chinese daughter failed to fully gain my sympathy for its author. Adeline Yen Mah was born in 1937 to a wealthy family in Tianjin. Her mother died shortly thereafter and her father married a woman who would become Adeline's wicked stepmother.

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If you are interested in Chinese culture and history, it's a great book to re...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Nov 03 19:36:20 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 11 18:00:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 12:22:34 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 10:08:34 -0800 2009
I like the way the story is structured, with the bereaved family gathering in the lawyer's office to ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 01:36:26 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 13:58:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 20:30:28 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 10:42:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 10:02:03 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 17:30:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 18:57:04 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 15:30:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Tue May 29 12:26:27 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 12:26:27 -0700 2007 Falling Leaves is a an absorbing memoir that reads like fiction. Adeline Yen Mah tells of her experiences growing up as the last born child of her father's first marriage. She is later mistreated by her step-mother and step-siblings. Its a sad story about a girl's struggle to make her way through li...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 19:10:04 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 21:12:52 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=54529