Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots
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Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots by Adeline Yen Mah
A story of an unwanted Chinese daughter growing up during the Communist Revolution, blamed for her mother's death, ignored by her millionaire father and unwanted by her Eurasian step mother. It is a story of greed, hatred and jealousy; a domestic drama that is played against the extraordinary political events in China and Hong Kong.
Charged with emotion. . a vivid portrait of the human capacity for meanness, malice - and love'
Falling Leaves is a terrible and riveting family history . . . It is also a story about endurance and the cost it can exact . . . gripping' * Daily Telegraph *
An illuminating account of the destructive nature of family relationships set against a backdrop of China in change * Mail on Sunday *
A light burns in the book that is never extinguished . . . [it is] an act, not of vengeance or bitterness, but of catharsis * Sunday Telegraph *
The pain of so much emotional abuse leaps from every page . . . the most amazing aspect of this story is that Adeline managed to survive . . . and emerge triumphant . . . compelling' * Val Hennessy *
I am still haunted by Mah's memoir . . . Riveting. A marvel of memory. Poignant proof of the human will to endure
Falling Leaves is a terrible and riveting family history . . . It is also a story about endurance and the cost it can exact . . . gripping' * Daily Telegraph *
An illuminating account of the destructive nature of family relationships set against a backdrop of China in change * Mail on Sunday *
A light burns in the book that is never extinguished . . . [it is] an act, not of vengeance or bitterness, but of catharsis * Sunday Telegraph *
The pain of so much emotional abuse leaps from every page . . . the most amazing aspect of this story is that Adeline managed to survive . . . and emerge triumphant . . . compelling' * Val Hennessy *
I am still haunted by Mah's memoir . . . Riveting. A marvel of memory. Poignant proof of the human will to endure
Thought to bring bad luck because her mother died giving birth to her, Adeline Yen Mah was discriminated against by her family all her life. Falling Leaves is both the moving story of how she survived that rejection and an enthralling saga of a Chinese family, from the time of the foreign concessions to the rise of Communist China and the commercial boom of Hong Kong.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141047089 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141047089 |
| Title | Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots |
| Author | Adeline Yen Mah |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-10-07 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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