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Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

By (author): Adeline Yen Mah
Published by: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date: 05/Mar/1998
Format: Paperback - 288 pages
Product dimensions (mm): 198 x 128 x 18
ISBN-10: 0140265988
ISBN-13: 9780140265989
Categories:
> Autobiography: General

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The story of an unwanted Chinese daughter growing up during the Communist Revolution, blamed for her mother's death, ignored by her millionaire father and unwanted by her Eurasian step mother. A story of greed, hatred and jealousy; a domestic dramais played against the extraordinary political events in China and Hong Kong. Written with the emotional force of a novel but with a vividness drawn from a personal and political background. "Falling Leaves" has become a surprise bestseller all over the world.

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