“Tell me what my real Mama looked like, I can’t picture her face”
“There are no photographs of her”, said Aunt Baba…”Your father ordered all her photographs destroyed”.
When Adeline Yen Mah’s mother died giving birth to her, the family considered Adeline bad luck and she was made to feel unwanted all her life. Chinese Cinderella is the story of her struggle for acceptance and how she overcame the odds to prove her worth.
Following the success of the critically acclaimed, international bestseller Falling Leaves, Chinese Cinderella is a true and moving account of Adeline’s childhood up to the age of fourteen. It is an unforgettable story.