Adeline Yen Mah
About Adeline Yen Mah:
Adeline Yen Mah was born in Tianjin, China. Her mother died two weeks after her birth and Adeline was considered to be a source of bad luck by her family.
Her father remarried a beautiful Eurasian woman one year later. She was half French and half Chinese and divided the Yen family into two different classes. Adeline's father, stepmother and their two children were the upper class, whereas Adeline and the four other step-children by the first wife were considered second class.
~ from Adeline Yen Mah's publisher
Dates:
(1937-)
Nationality:
Chinese
Genre(s):
Biographies; Children's literature
Recommended Work:
Falling Leaves, 2000
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Adeline Yen Mah was born in Tianjin, China. Her mother died two weeks after her birth and Adeline was considered to be a source of bad luck by her family.
Her father remarried a beautiful Eurasian woman one year later. She was half French and half Chinese and divided the Yen family into two different classes. Adeline's father, stepmother and their two children were the upper class, whereas Adeline and the four other step-children by the first wife were considered second class.
~ from Adeline Yen Mah's publisher
Dates:
(1937-)
Nationality:
Chinese
Genre(s):
Biographies; Children's literature
Recommended Work:
Falling Leaves, 2000
More Authors By Name:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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