"I am still haunted by Mah's memoir... Riveting A marvel of
memory. Poignant proof of the human will to endure"
Amy Tan
Adeline Yen Mah's childhood in China during the civil war was a time of fear, isolation and humiliation. The cause of this was not political upheaval but systemic emotional and physical abuse by her stepmother and siblings, and rejection by her father, Falling Lowes is the story of a 'Fifth Younger Daughter' and her determination to survive the pain of a lonely childhood.