Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter Penguin Canada books bracket the bookends on the

bracket the bookends on the shelf of history

stuffed toy with movable arms and legs and a bright

and changing weather around her with sensitivity and grace

and the resilience behind the glamour

Journal of American History

Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter Penguin Canada books bracket the bookends on theThe story of an unwanted Chinese daughter growing up during the Communist Revolution, blamed for her mother's death, ignored by her millionaire father and unwanted by her Eurasian step mother. A story of greed, hatred and jealousy; a domestic drama played against the extraordinary political events in China and Hong Kong. Written with the emotional force of a novel but with a vividness drawn from a personal and political background. "Falling Leaves"