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Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots

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Charged with emotion . . . a vivid portrait of the human capacity for meanness, malice - and love'

Falling Leaves is a terrible and riveting family history . . . It is also a story about endurance and the cost it can exact . . . gripping'

An illuminating account of the destructive nature of family relationships set against a backdrop of China in change

A light burns in the book that is never extinguished . . . [it is] an act, not of vengeance or bitterness, but of catharsis

The pain of so much emotional abuse leaps from every page . . . the most amazing aspect of this story is that Adeline managed to survive . . . and emerge triumphant . . . compelling'

I am still haunted by Mah's memoir . . . Riveting. A marvel of memory. Poignant proof of the human will to endure

The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter 
 
The story of an unwanted daughter growing up during the Chinese 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 drama is 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 been an enduring bestseller all over the world.

New 25th Anniversary Edition 
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'I am still haunted by Mah's memoir . . . Riveting. A marvel of memory. Poignant proof of the human will to endure' Amy Tan, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club 
 
1940s, Shanghai. As the civil war rages on and China falls under communist rule, young Adeline lives in constant fear. Not of the war, but of her family: blamed for the death of her mother, she is rejected by her father and abused by her cruel stepmother. 
 
With the help of her aunt, Adeline escapes to the United States where she finds love, happiness and success. But will that be enough to quell a lifelong yearning for acceptance, or will she return to the family that rejected her years ago 
 
Falling Leaves Return to their Roots is both the enthralling story of a Chinese family in a time of political upheaval, and a moving account of one girl's unrelenting will to survive. 
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'Falling Leaves is a terrible and riveting family history . . . It is also a story about endurance and the cost it can exact. Gripping' Daily Telegraph 
 
'An illuminating account of the destructive nature of family relationships set against a backdrop of China in change' Mail on Sunday 
 
'An act, not of vengeance or bitterness, but of catharsis' Sunday Telegraph

Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots

The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

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Charged with emotion . . . a vivid portrait of the human capacity for meanness, malice - and love'

Falling Leaves is a terrible and riveting family history . . . It is also a story about endurance and the cost it can exact . . . gripping'

An illuminating account of the destructive nature of family relationships set against a backdrop of China in change

A light burns in the book that is never extinguished . . . [it is] an act, not of vengeance or bitterness, but of catharsis

The pain of so much emotional abuse leaps from every page . . . the most amazing aspect of this story is that Adeline managed to survive . . . and emerge triumphant . . . compelling'

I am still haunted by Mah's memoir . . . Riveting. A marvel of memory. Poignant proof of the human will to endure

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