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"This is a Chinese woman's story of how she suffered appalling emotional deprivation and rejection by her family as a child growing up in China and Hong Kong in the 40s and 50s, and of its consequences in her adult life."
"Het levensverhaal van een Chinese vrouw."
"A courgeous woman's triumph over despair in a lifelong search for acceptance, love, and understanding. Unfolding against a turbulent backdrop of social, political, and cultural upheaval, it is at once a work of heartfelt intimacy and a rare portrait of twentieth-century China."
"The true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter. Memoirs of her life in China during the civil war a time of fear isolation and humilitation and abuse. Emotional abuse from her step-mother, father and siblings Mah's accounts of her pain and determination to survive the lonely childhood."@en
"Adeline Yen Mah's childhood in China during the civil war was a time of fear, isolation and humiliation. The cause of this was not political upheaval but systemic emotional and physical abuse by her step-mother and siblings, and rejection by her father. Falling Leaves is the story of a 'Fifth Younger Daughter' and her determination to survive the pain of a lonely childhood."
"The true story of a young Chinese girl who grew up feeling unloved by her father who remarried shortly after her mother's death and treated his new family and subsequent children as upper class compared to his first children."@en
"The true story of a young Chinese girl who grew up feeling unloved by her father who remarried shortly after her mother's death and treated his new family and subsequent children as upper class compared to his first children."
"The daughter of a wealthy Hong Kong businessman describes her very difficult childhood and the psychological abuse she suffered at the hands of her stepmother A chronicle of a young Chinese girl's struggle for love and survival in a wealthy, abusive family. This is a true story, much of it was painful and difficult to write, but I felt compelled to do so. In order to understand I have to go back to the very beginning. A Chinese proverb says: falling leaves return to their roots. So begins this extraordinary memoir of a courageous woman's triumph over despair in a lifelong search for acceptance, love, and understanding. Unfolding against a turbulent backdrop of social, political, and cultural upheaval, Falling Leaves is at once a work of heartfelt intimacy and a rare portrait of twentieth-century China. Adeline Yen Mah was born in 1937 in Tianjin, a port city one thousand miles north of Shanghai. She was the fifth and youngest child of an affluent family. Her grand aunt, in an unprecedented achievement, had founded the Shanghai Women's Bank in 1924, and her father was a revered businessman whose reputation for turning iron into gold began when he started his own firm at the age of nineteen. Yet wealth and position could not shield young Adeline from a childhood of appalling emotional abuse at the hands of her own family. Adeline's mother died giving birth to her. As a result she was deemed bad luck, and considered inferior and insignificant by her older siblings, who bullied her relentlessly. When her father took a beautiful Eurasian as his new wife, at a time when everything Western was coveted as superior to Chinese, Adeline found herself at the mercy of a cold and cruelly manipulative stepmother. While Niang treated all of her stepchildren as second class citizens, the full power of her wrath was unleashed on Adeline. Her only refuge was in the arms of a beloved aunt who lavished affection and encouragement on the child. Despite her unhappiness, Adeline excelled at school and became a top student. As the Red Army approached in 1949, the family moved to Hong Kong. Adeline was shuttled off to boarding school in virtual isolation, forbidden visitors, mail, and all contact with her family. Burying herself in books, she dreamed of freedom and a new life. Told in her own words, the story of Adeline's valiant, painful, and ultimately triumphant struggle toward adulthood and independence unfolds with stunning emotional power. Falling Leaves is a haunting and unforgettable tale of people caught in the swirl of events beyond their control, buoyed by the indomitability of the human spirit. Riveting, a marvel of memory, poignant proof of the human will to endure. Amy Tan: brilliant, compelling, and unforgettable, a heart rending modern day Cinderella story set against the turbulence of 20th century China."@en
"The story of how an unwanted Chinese daughter survived the pain and abuse directed at her after her mother's death at her birth.--"
"Set against a background of political turmoil, this is the story of Adeline Yen Mah's struggle to overcome a painful childhood and go on to make a successful career."@en

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"Falling leaves = Luo ye gui gen : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"@en
"Falling leaves return to their roots the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter = 落葉歸根"
"Falling Leaves"@en
"Falling leaves : return to their roots, the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"@en
"Falling leaves return to their roots = Luo ye gui gen : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"
"Falling leaves return to their roots = Luo ye gui gen : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"@en
"Falling leaves return to their roots = Luo ye gui gen ; the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"@en
"Falling leaves return to their roots the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter = Luo ye gui gen"@en
"Falling leaves return to their roots : Luo Ye Gui Gen : the true story of an unwanted chinese daughter"
"Falling leaves return to their roots : Luo ye gui gen : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"
"Vallende bladeren : het verhaal van een ongewenste Chinese dochter"
"Falling leaves a true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"@en
"Falling leaves return to their roots : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter = Luoye-guigen"
"Falling leaves : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"
"Falling leaves : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"@en
"Falling leaves - the true story of an unwanted chinese daughter"
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"Falling leaves return to their roots ; Luo Ye Gui Gen the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"
"Vallende bladeren : het verhaal van een ongewenste Chinese dochter = 落叶归根"
"Falling leaves return to their roots : a true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter = Luo ye gui gen"@en
"Falling leaves return to their roots : Luo Ye Gui Gen : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"
"Falling leaves : a true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"@en
"Falling leaves : a true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"
"Falling leaves return to their roots : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter = 落葉歸根 = Luo Ye Gui Gen"
"Falling leaves : [Luo ye gui gen [in Chinese characters] : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter]"@en
"Falling leaves return to their roots : the story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"
"Falling leaves the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"@en
"Falling leaves the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"
"Falling leaves : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter = Luo ye gui gen"
"Falling leaves"
"Falling leaves"@en
"Falling leaves : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter = Luo ye gui gen"@en
"Falling leaves return to their roots : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter = Luo ye gui gen"@en
"Falling leaves return to their roots : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter = Luo ye gui gen"
"Falling leaves return to their roots : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"@en
"Falling leaves return to their roots : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter"

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