Chinese Cinderella is dedicated to you with the fervent wish that you will persist in trying to do your best in the face of hopelessness to have faith in the end your spirit will prevail to transcend your abuse and transform it into a source of courage, creativity and compassion. In spite of what your abusers would have had you believe, please be convinced that each of you has within you something precious and unique. She is keen to portray her Chinese heritage and to maintain her Chinese cultureįor those who were neglected and unloved as children, I have a particular message. Yen Mah had parents who didn’t want her and sisters who did everything they could to bully her. Her family was a wealthy one but also a cruel one. But Cinderella is not just one story more than 500 versions have been foundjust in Europe The tale’s origins appear to date back to a Chinese story from the ninth century, Yeh-Shen. This took place in 1940s China and there is a strong sense of the time and place in the book as well as a cultural sense. Book Links: May 2000 (v.9 no.5) by Mary Northrup The story of Cinderella, perhaps the best-known fairy tale, is told or read to children of very young ages. Adeline Yen Mah shares her own personal and painful story of how she was the Chinese cinderella and grew up in a family she was desperate to escape.
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