Falling Leaves - Return to their roots, The true story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

Adeline Yen Mah's childhood in China during the civil war was a tune of fear, isolation and humiliation. The cause of this was not political upheaval but systematic emotional and physical abuse by her step mother and siblings, and rejection by her father. Falling Leaves is the story of a `Fifth Younger Daughter' and her determination to survive the pain of a lonely childhood.