Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots

Charged with emotion . . . a vivid portrait of the human capacity for meanness, malice - and love' Falling Leaves is a terrible and riveting family history . . . It is also a story about endurance and the cost it can exact . . . gripping' * Daily Telegraph * An illuminating account of the destructive nature of family relationships set against a backdrop of China in change * Mail on Sunday * A light burns in the book that is never extinguished . . . [it is] an act, not of vengeance or bitterness, but of catharsis * Sunday Telegraph * The pain of so much emotional abuse leaps from every page . . . the most amazing aspect of this story is that Adeline managed to survive . . . and emerge triumphant . . . compelling' * Val Hennessy * I am still haunted by Mah's memoir . . . Riveting. A marvel of memory. Poignant proof of the human will to endure