| From the very day Adeline Yen Mah was born, her family considered her total bad luck and she was unwanted all her life because her mother died giving birth to her. Adeline struggles for acceptance and overcomes all the odds to prove her worth. She does well at school, even achieving various medallions, strives to attend a university in London and yet her family, especially her father, do not encourage, congratulate or help her in any way, but rather are extremely upset and ashamed of her.
As a young child, Adeline considered herself independent and was unable to achieve as much as she wished to due to the fact that she was not receiving enough support, reflecting on her complete and utter loneliness. | ||
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Plot & Themes Kids growing up/acting up? Yes Kids: - parental abuse Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside) Ethnic/regional/gender Yes Period of greatest activity? - 1950+ Subject of Biography Gender - Female Profession/status: Ethnicity - Chinese Nationality - Chinese Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 () Century: - 1900-1920's Writing Style Book makes you feel? - concerned If this is a kid's book: - Age 11-14 Pictures/Illustrations? - A few 1-5 B&W How much dialogue in bio? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book |
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