Honestly…I kept crying while I was reading this bookĬhinese Cinderella is a moving story of a little girl who yearns to be loved and understood. She was an exceptionally bright student but her academic accomplishments were not enough to compensate for her yearning to be loved and accepted by her family. Yet despite the hardships she experienced in her personal life, Adeline excelled in school. Her stepmother treats her and her siblings like second-class citizens while showing favor to her biological children. Life becomes even harder for Adeline and her siblings when her father remarries. Eversince she was born, Adeline was considered as bad luck by her family because her mother dies giving birth to her. She narrates her tale of growing up as an unloved daughter in 1940’s China. So when I saw Chinese Cinderella on the shelves of the Fully Booked branch in Ayala, Cebu City, Philippines, I decided to buy it.Ĭhinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter is a moving, non-fictional account of the childhood of Adeline Yen Mah. Because I was traveling by boat, I wanted to read a novel that I could finish before the ship would dock in the port of my city.
It was summer and I was on my way back to my hometown for the holidays.
Have you ever read a book that you couldn’t forget even after years of reading it? I read Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah when I was still pursuing my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology.
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