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Quinta filha de um milionário chinês, Adeline perdeu a mãe apenas duas semanas depois de nascer. Além de sofrer com a hostilidade dos irmãos, que a responsabilizam pela morte da mãe, Adeline ainda sofre com a indiferença do pai e a crueldade da madrasta. A segunda mulher de seu pai despreza os filhos do casamento anterior, que vivem pobremente, limitados a três refeições diárias e a apenas uma muda de roupa além do uniforme escolar. O pai ignora o que acontece em casa, deixando o terreno livre para a madrasta. Por ter ousado contrariá-la e por apresentar um rendimento exemplar na escola, Adeline padece nas mãos dessa mulher, que parece ter saído diretamente da fábula Cinderela. Por isso, acaba num colégio interno, sem visitas nem presentes, e é nos livros que encontra refúgio para sua tristeza e solidão. É dessas leituras que vem sua redenção: aos catorze anos, ela se inscreve em um concurso internacional de peças teatrais para alunos de língua inglesa, e ganha. A partir daí, Adeline tem a chance de escapar do seu destino. O resultado dessa experiência extraordinária é Cinderela chinesa, best-seller internacional que fala com sensibilidade sobre a superação de uma infância extremamente infeliz.
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Social life and customs, Juvenile Nonfiction, Young Adult Fiction, Chinese Americans, Fiction, Women physicians, Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Juvenile literature, Biography, Childhood and youth, Stepdaughters, Readers (Secondary), Social conditions, China, social life and customs, China, juvenile literature, Women, biography, Women, biography, juvenile literature, China, biography, Physicians, Women, Family life, Manners and customs, Children, Child and youth non-fiction, Autobiography and memoir, China, history, Chinese americans, Women, united states, biographyPeople
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Cinderela chinesa: A História Secreta De Uma Filha Renegada
2006, Editora Companhia das Letras
Paperback
in Portuguese
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Chinese Cinderella
September 16, 2004, Longman
Hardcover
in English
- 2Rev Ed edition
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Chinese Cinderella (New Century Readers)
April 5, 2002, Longman
Hardcover
in English
- New Ed edition
0582447224 9780582447226
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Chinese Cinderella: the true story of an unwanted daughter
2001, Dell Laurel-Leaf
in English
0440228654 9780440228653
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Chinese Cinderella (Puffin Teenage Books): Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter
September 2, 1999, Bob Sessions, Puffin Bks
in English
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Chinese Cinderella: the true story of an unwanted daughter
1999, Delacorte Press
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"As soon as I got home from school, Aunt Baba noticed the silver medal dangling from the left breast pocket of my uniform."
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A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s.A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In Chinese Cinderella, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph and courage in the face of despair. Adeline's affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her mother dies giving birth to her. Life does not get any easier when her father remarries. She and her siblings are subjected to the disdain of her stepmother, while her stepbrother and stepsister are spoiled. Although Adeline wins prizes at school, they are not enough to compensate for what she really yearns for -- the love and understanding of her family.Following the success of the critically acclaimed adult bestseller Falling Leaves, this memoir is a moving telling of the classic Cinderella story, with Adeline Yen Mah providing her own courageous voice.From the Hardcover edition.
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