Adeline Yen Mah
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 205 pages Rating: 4.07 | 28960 Users | 2689 Reviews
Declare Appertaining To Books Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
| Title | : | Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter |
| Author | : | Adeline Yen Mah |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 205 pages |
| Published | : | May 6th 2009 by Laurel Leaf (Random House Children's Books ) (first published August 2nd 1999) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Cultural. China. Academic. School. Historical |
Description Toward Books Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s. A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In Chinese Cinderella, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph and courage in the face of despair. Adeline's affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her mother dies giving birth to her. Life does not get any easier when her father remarries. She and her siblings are subjected to the disdain of her stepmother, while her stepbrother and stepsister are spoiled. Although Adeline wins prizes at school, they are not enough to compensate for what she really yearns for -- the love and understanding of her family. Following the success of the critically acclaimed adult bestseller Falling Leaves, this memoir is a moving telling of the classic Cinderella story, with Adeline Yen Mah providing her own courageous voice.Present Books In Pursuance Of Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
| Original Title: | Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter |
| ISBN: | 0440228654 (ISBN13: 9780440228653) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Adeline Yen Mah |
| Setting: | China |
Rating Appertaining To Books Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
Ratings: 4.07 From 28960 Users | 2689 ReviewsAssessment Appertaining To Books Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
It's hard to swallow that THIS was the life of a girl living in China in the 20th century. It was filled with melancholy and the harsh truth. Although, on matters that Adeline has to face, my issues hold no candle to hers.But, her quotes about writing were so relatable and true to how writing is done:"To my heroine I gave everything of myself. What began as a diversion became a passion. In the end, I had her triumph over her adversities through her own efforts. I enjoyed my task so much that IChinese Cinderella proves that you don't need to write like Virginia Woolf or produce the next "Great American Novel" to create a work of art. In this simple yet beautifully-narrated memoir, Adeline Yen Mah shares how she grew up as an unwanted child in a cruel and wealthy family. Her story, while similar to ones we've all heard before, reveals the resilience of humankind in the face of tremendous struggle. Yen Mah crafts her tale in a way that makes it unique yet relatable all at once,
Enchanting, heartbreaking, devastating tale of a little Chinese girl, Adeline.It is a story through the Chinese history through a child's eye.It is a story of the traditions that would change people's life and fate!It is the story of Adeline Yen Mah ..AdelineAn autobiography of the little Adeline growing up in her family whom are unwilling to raise her and unwelcoming her presence. I can't imagine the magnificent intensity of both rudeness and love enclosed in the lines of this masterpiece.
Different StrugglesHow do you make it through a horrendous day? Some people wait it out, others try to make it better. Personally, I just go to bed and all of yesterday's problems will be gone when I wake up. But for some people that does not happen because they are stuck in glue. Yesterdays troubles are tomorrows troubles as well. The story of Yen Mah is told through the book, Chinese CInderella the True Story of an Unwanted Daughter. This memoir is all about the struggles Yen Mah had to go
"Chinese Cinderella" happens to be a true story about the author's own childhood experience. During her childhood, which takes time in the 1930s to 1940s, she was viewed as an unwanted and unimportant person to her family. Her aunt and grandpa and third brother were the only ones that wanted to support her, but couldn't help much. She puts herself into her studies and earned lots of honors. Her family, mostly her stepmother, has given her an unbearable childhood in which she could never forget.
I'm not sure if enjoy is the right word to describe this book, but I am glad I read it.Because the author,Yen-Junling, is blamed for killing her mother during childbirth, her father and siblings neglect and ignore her unless is it to treat her as a servant. While Yen-Junling thinks of herself as worthless and strives for her father's attention and love, she gets positive attention and love from her Ye-Ye (grandfather) and her Aunt Baba and her school friends.This book was on the one hand
Adeline's birth led to her mother's death, something her family never let her forget. Her father ignored her, and her brothers and sisters tormented her in their own quest for their father's attention. Only in her aunt and grandfather did Adeline find love and peace. Adeline soon turned to scholastic achievement in order to find something of worth in herself. And for every golden star and award she received, her aunt not only praised her, but put them in a safe where she kept her special things.
0 Comments