by Adeline Yen Mah · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141047089
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«Falling Leaves» is the autobiography of Adeline Yen Mah, published in 2010 by Penguin in paperback (288 pages, in English).
Adeline Yen Mah recalls her childhood in twentieth-century China as the unwanted daughter of a wealthy family: rejected by her father, ignored by her siblings and mistreated by her stepmother while the country goes through civil war and the communist revolution. Her account portrays loneliness and humiliation, but also her determination to get ahead and carve out a future of her own.
The book was originally published in 1997 and this Penguin edition appeared in 2010 under the title «Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter».
Of interest to readers of memoirs and biographies set in twentieth-century China and Hong Kong, focusing on family relationships and personal overcoming.
Adeline Yen Mah (馬嚴君玲) is a Chinese-American author and physician. She grew up in Tianjin, Shanghai and Hong Kong, and is known for her autobiography Falling Leaves.
