Falling Leaves - The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter (Falling Leaves - Adeline Mah Yen)

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Product:	Falling Leaves - Adeline Mah Yen
Date:	09/07/00 (247 review reads)
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Advantages: Well written

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This book is about the life of the authour Adeline Yen Mah. She was born in China to a well to do family but because her mother died shortly after giving birth to her, she has to go through life shouldering the blame as if she brought bad luck to the family. The book tells of her family, her struggles/experiences through school and then through university in England and finally as a working woman (incidentally, she is now a doctor) in America. Despite her mistreatment/misfortune, there were happy times in her childhood and adult life all told in a fair manner.

After reading the book, I admire how she still manages to go through her life without any grudge to her family who right to the very end still 'cheated' her. Overall, this is a good book to read although sometimes it gets a little too much to bare (can be a little 'self-pitying' at times).

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