by Adeline Yen Mah · GRADIVA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789726626947
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«Folhas Caídas» is the memoir by Adeline Yen Mah, published by Gradiva in paperback (284 pages, in Portuguese).
Adeline Yen Mah recounts her childhood in twentieth-century China as an unwanted daughter growing up subjected to the cruelty of her own family, and reconstructs her struggle to find a place in the world, her need to belong, and the difficult path toward her own identity, marked by resilience and emotional survival.
The original English edition, Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter, was published in 1997; this Portuguese edition was published in April 1999.
For readers of memoirs and biographies, with an interest in twentieth-century China and in stories of overcoming adversity and identity.
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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.
