This book is written by Adeline Yen Mah about her life. Her life in
China during the civil war was a time of fear, isolation and
humiliation and how she fight to survive.Born in 1937 in
a port city a thousand miles north of Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah was the
youngest child of an affluent Chinese family who enjoyed rare
privileges during a time of political and cultural upheaval. But wealth
and position could not shield Adeline from a childhood of appalling
emotional abuse at the hands of a cruel and manipulative Eurasian
stepmother and from her sibblings. Determined to survive through her
enduring faith in family unity, Adeline struggled for independence as
she moved from Hong Kong to England and eventually to the United States
to become a physician and writer.A compelling, painful, and
ultimately triumphant story of her journey into adulthood, Adeline''s
story is a testament to the most basic of human needs: acceptance,
love, and understanding. This book also make us realised harsh
realities of growing up as female in a family and society that kept
girls in emotional chains, Falling Leaves is no doubt a work of heartfelt intimacy and a rare authentic portrait of twentieth-century China.