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A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s.
Adeline Yen Mah was born in Tianjin, China. She lived in Shanghai
as a child and moved to Hong Kong at age eleven. At fourteen, she
won a writing competition, which convinced her father to send her
to study in England. She attended London Hospital Medical School,
graduated as a physician and established a thriving medical
practice in California. She worked as an anesthesiologist at West
Anaheim Community Hospital and became chief of anesthesia.
Adeline Yen Mah Her first book Falling Leaves was published in
1997. It made the New York Times Bestseller list and sold over a
million copies worldwide, being translated into twenty two
languages. After the publication of Falling Leaves, Adeline gave up
medicine to write full-time. Chinese Cinderella is her
autobiography written for children and also sold over one million
copies worldwide.
Her third book Watching the Tree is a book of Chinese philosophy,
published in 2001. Her fourth book, A Thousand Pieces of Gold, was
published in October 2002.
Adeline has written three other children’s books: Chinese
Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society and Along the River are
novels based on Chinese history. China: Land of Dragons and
Emperors is a Chinese history book written for teenagers.
Adeline is Founder and President of the Falling Leaves Foundation.
The mission of her foundation is to promote understanding between
East and West and to provide funds for the study of China’s
history, language and culture.
Adeline is happily married to Professor Robert A. Mah. They have
two children and live in California and London. Adeline Yen Mah was
born in Tianjin, China. She lived in Shanghai as a child and moved
to Hong Kong at age eleven. At fourteen, she won a writing
competition, which convinced her father to send her to study in
England. She attended London Hospital Medical School, graduated as
a physician and established a thriving medical practice in
California. She worked as an anesthesiologist at West Anaheim
Community Hospital and became chief of anesthesia.
Adeline Yen Mah Her first book Falling Leaves was published in
1997. It made the New York Times Bestseller list and sold over a
million copies worldwide, being translated into twenty two
languages. After the publication of Falling Leaves, Adeline gave up
medicine to write full-time. Chinese Cinderella is her
autobiography written for children and also sold over one million
copies worldwide.
Her third book Watching the Tree is a book of Chinese philosophy,
published in 2001. Her fourth book, A Thousand Pieces of Gold, was
published in October 2002.
Adeline has written three other children’s books: Chinese
Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society and Along the River are
novels based on Chinese history. China: Land of Dragons and
Emperors is a Chinese history book written for teenagers.
Adeline is Founder and President of the Falling Leaves Foundation.
The mission of her foundation is to promote understanding between
East and West and to provide funds for the study of China’s
history, language and culture.
Adeline is happily married to Professor Robert A. Mah. They have
two children and live in California and London.
'This memoir is hard to put down.'
*Publishers Weekly*
'Absorbing.'
*School Library Journal*
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