num_pages: 234
description: Jung-ling's family considers her bad luck because her mother died giving birth to her. They discriminate against her and make her feel unwanted yet she yearns and continuously strives for her parents' love. Her stepmother is vindictive and cruel and her father dismissive. Jung-ling grows up to be an academic child, with a natural ability for writing. Only her aunt and grandfather offer her any love and kindness. The story is of survival in the light of the mental and physical cruelty of her stepmother and the disloyalty of her siblings. Jung-ling blossoms in spite of everything and the story ends as her father agrees to let her study in England.
language: English
title: Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter
titlecomplete: Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter
characters: Adeline Yen Mah
genres: Historical, Biography, Asia, Memoir, Nonfiction, School, China, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, History
ratings_count: 37381
places: China
publisher: Puffin Books