Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: Abridged Cassette + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: Abridged Cassette

Snow White's stepmother looks like a pussycat compared to the monster under which Adeline Yen Mah suffered. The author's memoir of life in mainland China and--after the 1949 revolution--Hong Kong is a gruesome chronicle of nonstop emotional abuse from her wealthy father and his beautiful, cruel second wife. Chinese proverbs scattered throughout the text pithily covey the traditional world view that prompted Adeline's subservience. Had she not escaped to America, where she experienced a fulfilling medical career and a happy marriage, her story would be unbearable; instead, it's grimly fascinating: Falling Leaves is an Asian Mommie Dearest. Read More

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  • Product Description

    In this poignant, remarkable memoir, Adeline Yen Mah tells the haunting and beautiful story of her painful childhood. The story of one woman's search for love and acceptance in an oppressive family, "Falling Leaves" was a "New York Times" bestseller.

  • 0141800356
  • 9780141800356
  • Adeline Yen Mah
  • 29 July 1999
  • Penguin Audiobooks
  • Audio Cassette (Cassette)
  • Abridged edition
  • Abridged, Audiobook
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