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Title: Falling Leaves : The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah ISBN: 0-7679-0357-9 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 06 April, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.11 (277 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: an amazing story of her life
Comment: This book is well written, as is the children's version called the Chinese Cinderella. It is the true tale of Adeline's life as an unwanted child in a wealthy Chinese family, starting with the arrival of the "wicked stepmother" when she is 5 years old. In children's literature there are two notorious families: the Dursleys of Harry Potter fame, and the parents of Roald Dahl's Matilda. In real life, I have found only one story more puzzling and disturbing than Falling Leaves, and that is Herve Bazin's Vipere au Poing, the story of his youth and his devious, nasty mother. Set against the turbulent times in China and Hong Kong from 1930 to 1990, Adeline describes her youth in various private schools in China, through college and medical school in England, on to her success as an anesthesiologist in California. All her life she struggles to prove her worth, and earn her family's respect and love. She believes that if she can only work hard enough, she can create a loving family around her. She recounts what one must regard as amazing strength of will against her tyrannical parents. Her personal explanations of life in China and Hong Kong are quite interesting, and there is the inspiring aspect of her tale, the victory against such crushing odds. I really enjoyed this book, and did not want to put it down, as I was always hoping the next chapter would relate how she got the recognition she sought. I strongly recommend this book, and the children's version.
Rating: 5
Summary: touching!
Comment: I was weeping constantly when I was reading this book. It's truly a wonderful book that one rarely finds. some say this book is nothing but about self-pity and complains. it is not! it's more about faint hope, struggle, starvation of family love, and lingering optimism. althought it needs more touch in organization of thoughts, this book promotes a valuable and simple message for its reader: though living in an unfavored circumstances, one still has the power to change his life; thus, keep on hoping, dreaming, daring to go on !!!!!
(for those who think it's a plain book, I suggest you should go to your doctors to check your hearts . ^_^ . *peace* !)
Rating: 5
Summary: VERY TOUCHING !!!
Comment: I was weeping constantly when I was reading this book. It's truly a wonderful book that one rarely finds. some say this book is nothing but about self-pity and complains. it is not! it's more about faint hope, struggle, starvation of family love, and lingering optimism. althought it needs more touch in organization of thoughts, this book promotes a valuable and simple message for its reader: though living in an unfavored circumstances, one still has the power to change his life; thus, keep on hoping, dreaming, daring to go on !!!!!
(for those who think it's a plain book, I suggest you should go to your doctors to check your hearts . ^_^ . *peace* !)
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Title: Chinese Cinderella : The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah ISBN: 0440228654 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 13 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: A Thousand Pieces of Gold : Growing Up Through China's Proverbs by Adeline Yen Mah ISBN: 0060006390 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 08 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Watching The Tree : A Chinese Daughter Reflects on Happiness, Traditions, and Spiritual Wisdom by Adeline Yen Mah ISBN: 0767904117 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 18 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang ISBN: 0385425473 Publisher: Anglophone Sa Pub. Date: 03 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Concubine's Children by Denise Chong ISBN: 0140254277 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: January, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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