Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
3 journalers for this copy...
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.
Mailing this out to nvangel2073 from
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This was great book. I just don't understand why the authur needed to be that much approval from your crazy husband
Finished read 11-20-08
Finished read 11-20-08
Journal Entry 3 by nvangel2073 at -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, Utah USA on Thursday, July 2, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (7/3/2009 UTC) at -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, Utah USA
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sending to momx3lovesbooks for her month of July RMTBRBB
sending to momx3lovesbooks for her month of July RMTBRBB
Thank you so much nvangel!! Received for July RMTBRBB