"Chinese Cinderella" is the sad but true story of Adeline Yen Mah's childhood. Growing up in China as part of an affluent Chinese family, her life begins tragically when her mother dies giving birth to her. In China this is a sign of bad luck, and therefore she is automatically branded as bad luck. The situation worsens when her father marries again to a cruel untrusting woman. Her stepmother shows disdain towards her and her siblings, but particularly her as she is the 'bad luck child'. The book shows Adeline's struggle to fine somewhere that she feels she belongs.
This book is very moving and make you appreciate the smaller things in life. Overall I give this book five stars because it is a great read and I couldn't put it down.
Roya Bahram (also recommended by Isabelle Matthews)
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It is an extremely emotionally touching story that makes you also appreciate how your family life is and how lucky we our that society is different. WARNING: This book brought many tears to me and definitely wouldn't recommend you to read it if you want a comical/light hearted story line.
ReplyDeleteI loved this story . It is about a girl and her childhood. It is so sad her mum is dead .When she was born and all her brothers and sisters bullied her and in China she is know to be unwelcome.
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