Chinese cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
An autobiography of the authors childhood and her struggle to overcome the cruelty of her stepmother and her father and bullying by her siblings, set against the background of a rapidly changing political scene. Sad and moving but showing how striving and education can change lives.
As someone who is trying to learn Mandarin, the chapter on the construction of the Chinese language
was fascinating.
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