I believed that if I tried hard enough, one day everyone in my family would be proud of me. (p19)
"Falling Leaves" is a heartbreaking story, which is about Adeline Yen Mah's childhood in China. However, her childhood was not so happy as other people. Mah's mother died giving birth to her, the family considered her bad luck. The situation became worse when her father married the stepmother. Most of her family ignored the existence of Mah, except Aunt Baba. Mah thought Aunt Baba was just like her mother who really care about her and gave her the feeling of warmth. In her school, Mah worked hard and she was an excellent student. She finally received the permission of her parents to study at the university of London. Mah found people living around her pass away. She overcame all the difficulities to prove her worth through her life.
I was impressed by the sentence of this book, 'Life had come full circle'. I believe that God is fair to everyone. I am glad that I have a chance to read this book, to see how brave and independent Mah is.
I've never read chinese book, so I want to read it. please tell me where is this book in library! I was also interested in the sentence you introduce, so I want to know more about the sentence's mean. Thank you for your nice book review!
返信削除I'm glad that you would take an interest in this sentence. This book is also called "Chinese Cinderella". Speaking of which, it's an exceptionally fine novel, you can find it from the Penguin series.Hope you like it!!
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