- Published: 3 March 2022
- ISBN: 9780141047089
- Imprint: Michael Joseph
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $22.99
Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots
The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
- Published: 3 March 2022
- ISBN: 9780141047089
- Imprint: Michael Joseph
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $22.99
Charged with emotion . . . a vivid portrait of the human capacity for meanness, malice - and love'
Jung Chang
Falling Leaves is a terrible and riveting family history . . . It is also a story about endurance and the cost it can exact . . . gripping'
Caroline Moorehead, Daily Telegraph
An illuminating account of the destructive nature of family relationships set against a backdrop of China in change
Phillip Knightley, Mail on Sunday
A light burns in the book that is never extinguished . . . [it is] an act, not of vengeance or bitterness, but of catharsis
Trevor Fishlock, Sunday Telegraph
The pain of so much emotional abuse leaps from every page . . . the most amazing aspect of this story is that Adeline managed to survive . . . and emerge triumphant . . . compelling'
Daily Mail, Val Hennessy
I am still haunted by Mah's memoir . . . Riveting. A marvel of memory. Poignant proof of the human will to endure
Amy Tan