Falling Leaves - Adeline Mah Yen Reviews

I absolutely love autobiographies and it's pretty much all I read, but unfortunately I was a bit disappointed with this book. I knew it was going to be a fairly sad story, as that is how it's described on the back of the book, but it also says that it's an inspiring story about success in the face of many hurdles - unfortunately I just didn't see ...  Read the complete review

I have just finished reading Adeline Yen Mah's book Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter and I have to say I found it a real mixed bag of a read. Part of me found the abuse and neglect suffered by Adeline made for harrowing and engrossing reading which definitely yanks on the heartstrings. The other part of me began to ...  Read the complete review

Published: 1999 :: Introduction :: I've picked up this title from a charity shop this summer as I was drawn to the sub title of the book: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter'. I'm no sucker for hard childhood stories (on the contrary, there seem to be too many around nowadays) nevertheless I do pick one or two up ...  Read the complete review

This will not be one of my mammoth opinions. Not because there isn't much to say about Adeline Yen Mah's FALLING LEAVES, but because the outline of the book, and indeed its theme and style, is describable in a nutshell... the rest, I'm afraid, can be lived only by actually reading the book. So off we go. FALLING ...  Read the complete review

Falling Leaves is a true story. It combines the heartrending story of Adeline Yen Mah and how she fought family rejection, with the history of China and the Communist Revolution. The story is at times painful to read and you can feel the difficulty the author had in actually writing it. The deep feelings towards her family and her need ...  Read the complete review

This is the true story of a chinese girl who was unloeved by her family. The youngest of five and in the unenviable position of being a female in China, she was blamed for her mother's death in childbirth. Her father married again and had two children by his second wife. these children were treated with love and tenderness ...  Read the complete review

This is a true account of the author’s ordeals to overcome the appalling emotional rejections and turmoil by her parents during her growing years in China and then Hong Kong. All circumstances that she was in were against her during the early 40s up to the 50s, especially because she was born as a girl and her mother died when giving birth ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review