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Adeline önskan Mah was born in Tianjin, China. She lived in Shanghai as a child and from shelter to shelter until settling down in a Hong Kong boarding school at age At age 14, she won an international playwriting competition that convinced her emotionally distant father to allow her to study abroad. Although she had a passion for writing, she attended London Hospital Medical School, graduated as a physician and established a thriving medical practice in California.
After the commercial success of her first novel, Falling Leaves, in , Mrs. önskan Mah decided to leave her medical practice to write full time. Chinese Cinderella was her second novel, receiving the award from the Children’s Literature Council of Southern California in for Compelling Autobiography and Lamplighter’s Award from National Christian School Association in June for Contribution to Exceptional Children’s Literature. She has r
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Chinese Cinderella: the true story of an unwanted daughter
Publisher
Dell Laurel Leaf
Chinese Cinderella[]
Adeline Yen Mah's&#;heartbreaking memoir is told in simple, vivid language and recounts her experience as Wu Mei (Fifth Daughter) and Adeline, the name given her by her stepmother.&#; Much of the story stems back from her association with the death of her mother (who died shortly after giving birth to Adeline).&#; That defining moment created the relationship she was to have with her siblings for the rest of her life.&#; It also created the circumstances in which her father remarried the woman referred to as Niang&#;(Mother).&#; The relationship with Niang&#;and her children led to great grief and trauma for Adeline.&#; No matter how successful she came to be, and Adeline was extremely successful throughout school, it was not until much later when Adeline entered a play writing contest that she finally felt some level of respect from her father.
This real life fairy
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Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society
novel by Adeline Yen Mah
Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society is a historical novel by Adeline Yen Mah. It is the fictional sequel to her autobiography for children, Chinese Cinderella.
Summary
[edit]The main character is a twelve-year-old girl called Ye Xian who lives in China in the middle of World War II. Like the author, Ye Xian is deemed to bring bad luck because of the death of her mother when Ye Xian was five years old. Despite the many years that has passed (Ye Xian is now twelve years old), her father still rarely speaks to her and his new girlfriend despises her. They haven't gotten married yet, but Ye Xian is still told to call her "Niang", the Chinese term for "mother". Her father's sister, 'Big Aunt', is not pleased with this and insists that Ye Xian call her "Father's New Woman" instead, which Ye Xian gleefully does behind her back.
One day after school, Ye Xian comes across an incredible ro