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Adeline Yen Mah

Born

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November 30, 1937

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Adeline Yen Mah (Chinese: Yen Jun-ling; Pinyin: Mǎ Yán Jūnlíng; Yale (Cantonese): ma5 yim4 gwan1 ling4) (official birthday 30th November 1937, however real birthday not known, this is in fact her father's birthday) is a Chinese-American author and physician. She grew up in Tianjin, Shanghai and Hong Kong with an older sister, Lydia; three older brothers, Gregory, Edgar and James and a younger half brother, Franklin and half sister, Susan. Currently she divides her time between southern California and London. She is married to Professor Robert Mah and has two children.

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Chinese Comfort Women

Recent Activity:

San Francisco’s Superior Court Judge

Julie Tang

and Judge Lillian Sing invited me last week to speak

at the funeral of Wei Shao-lan, a Chinese Comfort

Woman who passed away in May 2019. Julie and

Lilian are co-founders of the Comfort Women Justice

Coalition.

Comfort Women were females who were forced into

sexual slavery by the Japanese Military in occupied

countries during the Second W

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Adeline Yen Mah’s books

Average rating: 3.98 · 60,703 ratings · 5,216 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter 4.07 avg rating — 30,226 ratings — published 1999 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter 3.90 avg rating — 24,361 ratings — published 1997 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society 3.80 avg rating — 2,083 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Watching the Tree 3.70 avg rating — 642 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Thousand Pieces of Gold: My Discovery of China's Character in Its Proverbs 3.84 avg rating — 648 ratings — published 2002 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mystery of the Song Dynasty Painting 3.91 avg rating — 728 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Along the River: A Chinese Cinderella Novel 3.52 avg rating — 374 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	China: Land of Dragons and Emperors 3.70 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Falling Leaves by Sue Harmes (Adapted By), Adeline Yen Mah 4.13 avg rating — 159 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Adeline Yen Mah (Introduction), Margery Hill (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 273,374 ratings — published 1905 — 2790 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.”
― Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

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“I read because I have to. It drives everything else from my mind. It lets me escape to find other world.”
― Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

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“But you can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth.”
― Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

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