hydroopf.blogg.se

Young girl always hoping that her father will be proud of Her story is full of the pain and heartbreak of a Words and actions – but Adeline suffered more than the Adeline and her brothers and sisters sufferedĮmotionally and physically from their cruel stepmother’s

Father and Niang had two other children together:įranklin (who Niang loved) and Susan (who Niang did (a Chinese word meaning mother), strongly disliked Stepmother, a beautiful young woman they called Niang He married again soon after and Adeline’s new Adeline’sįather seemed never to fully forgive her for his wife’sĭeath. Her father a sad man feeling in need of a new life. Her mother died as a result of her birth, which left Was born in north-east China in 1937 – her parents’ fifthĬhild. With her husband in California and has two children.įalling Leaves is the true story of Adeline Yen Mah, who She has written two otherīooks: Chinese Cinderella and Watching the Tree. At University College in London, she studied She left her family in Hong Kong and went to England With a powerful voice that speaks of the harsh realities of growing up female in a family and society that kept girls in emotional chains, “Falling Leaves” is a work of heartfelt intimacy and a rare authentic portrait of twentieth-century China.Īdeline Yen Mah was born in 1937. Determined to survive through her enduring faith in family unity, Adeline struggled for independence as she moved from Hong Kong to England and eventually to the United States to become a physician and writer.Ī compelling, painful, and ultimately triumphant story of a girl’s journey into adulthood, Adeline’s story is a testament to the most basic of human needs: acceptance, love, and understanding.

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. “Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter”īorn 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. ALL THE FACTS MENTIONED IN THIS BLOG ARE ALL BASED UPON TRUE AND ACTUAL EVENTS.