About the Author

ADELINE YEN MAH is a physician and writer who lives in Huntington Beach, California, and spends time as well in London and Hong Kong.

Reviews

I read for two nights, sleepless, my heart pierced by Adeline Yen Mah's account of her terrible childhood. Falling Leaves is a potent psychological drama pitting a stubborn little girl against the most merciless of adversaries and rivals: her own family. I am still haunted by Mah's memoir.
--Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club

Painful and lovely, at once heartbreaking and heartening.
--Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

Brilliant, compelling, and unforgettable. A heartrending modern-day Cinderella story set against the turbulence of twentieth-century China. Autobiography at its best.
--Nien Chang, author of Life and Death in Shanghai