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Falling leaves return to their roots : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter / Adeline Yen Mah.

Mah, Adeline Yen, 1937- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0786219149 (lg. print : alk. paper) :
  • Physical Description: 437 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: Large print ed.
  • Publisher: Thorndike, Me. : Thorndike Press, 1999.

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Originally published: Falling leaves return to their roots. London : M. Joseph, c1997.
Includes index.
Thorndike large print Basic series.

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Subject: Mah, Adeline Yen, 1937-
Chinese Americans > California > Biography.
Women physicians > California > Biography.
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China > Social life and customs.
Genre: Large type books.

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Falling Leaves : The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
Falling Leaves : The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter
by Yen Mah, Adeline
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Falling Leaves : The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Prologuep. 1
Chapter 1The Appropriate Door Fits the Frame of the Correct House   Men Dang Hu Duip. 5
Chapter 2Converting Iron into Gold   Dian Tie Cheng Jinp. 13
Chapter 3Inseparable as Each Other's Shadows   Ru Ying Sui Xingp. 18
Chapter 4Surpassing Loveliness Good Enough to Feast Upon   Xiu Se Ke Canp. 25
Chapter 5An Episode of a Spring Dream   Yi Chang Chun Mengp. 34
Chapter 6Family Ugliness Should Never be Aired in Public   Jia Chou Bu Ke Wai Yangp. 42
Chapter 7Climbing a Tree to Seek for Fish   Yuan Mu Qiu Yup. 75
Chapter 8Extend the Same Treatment to All   Yi Shi Tong Renp. 91
Chapter 9Inspired Scholar in an Enchanting Land   Ren Jie Di Lingp. 99
Chapter 10Each Day Passes Like a Year   Du Ri Ru Nianp. 107
Chapter 11Original Ideas in Literary Composition   Zi Chu Ji Zhup. 112
Chapter 12Same Bed, Different Dreams   Tong Chuang Yi Mengp. 118
Chapter 13Is Anything Impossible?   You He Bu Kep. 122
Chapter 14One Lute, One Crane   Yi Qin Yi Hep. 135
Chapter 15Fish Swimming in a Cauldron   Fu Zhong You Yup. 141
Chapter 16One Horse, Single Spear   Pi Ma Dan Qiangp. 151
Chapter 17Marry a Chicken, Follow a Chicken   Jia Ji Shui Jip. 157
Chapter 18You Plant Melons, You Reap Melons   Zhong Gua De Guap. 167
Chapter 19Hearts Reduced to Ashes   Xin Ru Si Huip. 178
Chapter 20Scales and Shells in the Belly   Fu Zhong Lin Jiap. 193
Chapter 21Heavenmade Union   Tian Zuo Zhi Hep. 206
Chapter 22Besieged by Hostile Forces on All Sides   Si Mian Chu Gep. 212
Chapter 23Coarse Tea and Plain Rice   Cu Cha Dan Fanp. 218
Chapter 24While Drinking Water, Remember the Source   Yin Shui Si Yuanp. 227
Chapter 25Sever This Kinship with One Whack of the Knife   Yi Dao Liang Duanp. 235
Chapter 26Creating Waves Without Wind   Wu Feng Qi Langp. 240
Chapter 27Near Vermilion, One Gets Stained Red; Near Ink, One Gets Stained Black   Jin Zhu Zhe Chi and Jin Mo Zhe Heip. 244
Chapter 28Wine and Meat Friends   Jiu Rou Peng Youp. 252
Chapter 29Headless and Clueless Case   Wu Tou Gong Anp. 261
Chapter 30Opened the Door to Salute the Thief   Kai Men Yi Daop. 264
Chapter 31Steal the Bell While Covering Your Ears   Yan Er Dao Lingp. 268
Chapter 32Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots   Luo Ye Gui Genp. 271
Indexp. 275
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