Falling Leaves

ISBN-10

0-7679-0357-9

ISBN-13

978-0-7679-0357-8

Author

Yen Mah, Adeline

Publisher

Broadway Books

Copyright

1997

Lexile

550L

Genre

Non-Fiction, Autobiography

Synopsis

Born in 1937 in a port city a thousand miles north of Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah was the youngest child of an affluent Chinese family who enjoyed rare privileges during a time of political and cultural upheaval. But wealth and position could not shield Adeline from a childhood of appalling emotional abuse at the hands of a cruel and manipulative Eurasian stepmother. Adeline struggled for independence as she moved from Hong Kong to England and eventually to the United States to become a physician and writer.

Themes

Struggle for acceptance, Role of Environment

Protagonist

Female, Chinese

Note

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