Adeline Yen Mah's childhood in China during the civil war was a time of fear, isolation and humiliation. This was not caused by the upheaval of war but by the cruelty she suffered at the hands of members of her own family.
The moving true story of a young girl's determination to survive the pain of a lonely childhood.
This is the story of a child neglected and abused by the very people who should be shielding her. Thought to bring bad luck for causing the death of her mother, Adeline is ignored and abandoned by her step-mother and siblings. Only the kindly Aunt Baba protects her and gives her the comfort which she so badly craves. As I read this book, I was reminded of Jung Chang's wonderful 'Wild Swans' and was evoked with the same emotions - that of pity and remorse for the main character, anger at the tyrants and cowards. Few books have the power to make me cry, this being one of them, especially the last chapters as all the emotions and struggles are soothed by a dying Aunt Baba. Something I would recommend to anyone and will definitely be reading again.
The moving true story of a young girl's determination to survive the pain of a lonely childhood.
This is the story of a child neglected and abused by the very people who should be shielding her. Thought to bring bad luck for causing the death of her mother, Adeline is ignored and abandoned by her step-mother and siblings. Only the kindly Aunt Baba protects her and gives her the comfort which she so badly craves. As I read this book, I was reminded of Jung Chang's wonderful 'Wild Swans' and was evoked with the same emotions - that of pity and remorse for the main character, anger at the tyrants and cowards. Few books have the power to make me cry, this being one of them, especially the last chapters as all the emotions and struggles are soothed by a dying Aunt Baba. Something I would recommend to anyone and will definitely be reading again.
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