$25.00 (Paperback book / Flamingo / ISBN:9780006531548)
Watching The Tree
Author of bestselling Falling Leaves weaves together for the same audience her own personal experiences with the best of Chinese philosophy.
Adeline Yen Mah, whose autobiography, Falling Leaves, is
an international bestseller, here interweaves her own experiences
with her views on Chinese thought and wisdom to create an
illuminating and highly personal guide for Western readers.
Adeline Yen Mah was born in Shanghai, and through the conversations
and wisdom of her grandfather and aunt learnt a great deal of
traditional Chinese thought, history and religion. Through her
father's second marriage, to a Eurasian woman, and their subsequent
move to Hong Kong, she learnt more about the Chinese attitudes to
business and to family, and the strength of the Chinese in
exile.
Since living in London and California, Adeline Yen Mah has studied
Chinese thought, looking at both the strengths and weaknesses which
it gives those who follow it and now, in Watching the
Tree, she takes us on a journey through the Chinese
language, religions, history, using both Chinese proverbs and her
own experiences, to bring to us an understanding of the richness of
China and the ways that we can take and use some of the wisdom for
ourselves in the West.
Adeline Yen Mah
Falling Leaves
$24.95 (Paperback book / Penguin )
Her grand aunt formed the Shanghai Women's Bank. Her father was known as the miracle boy with the power of turning iron into gold. Yet in this affluent Chinese family the fifth child and youngest daughter, Adeline, suffe... More »
Watching The Tree
$25.00 (Paperback book / Flamingo )
Author of bestselling Falling Leaves weaves together for the same audience her own personal experiences with the best of Chinese philosophy.
Adeline Yen Mah, whose autobiography, Falling Leaves, is an international bests... More »
China: Land Of Dragons And Emperors
$15.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Come with bestselling author Adeline Yen Mah on a journey through China, land of dragons and emperors, mystery and history. Discover the secrets of the past and the wonder of the present in this extraordinary land. Did y... More »
Chinese Cinderella
$17.95 (Paperback book / Puffin )
When Adeline Yen Mah's mother died giving birth to her, the family considered Adeline bad luck and she was made to feel unwanted all her life. Chinese Cinderella is the true story of her struggle for acceptance and her t... More »
Chinese Cinderella And The Secret Dragon Society
$15.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Chinese Cinderella is thrown out of her home by her cruel stepmother on to the dangerous streets of Shanghai where Japanese soldiers patrol every corner. She takes refuge with Grandma Wu in her Martial Arts Academy. Ther... More »
A Thousand Pieces Of Gold
$22.95 (Paperback book / Flamingo )
The author of the international bestsellers Watching the Tree and Falling Leaves has always been fascinated by proverbs and their importance and use in China. Both her book titles are based on such proverbs. The majority... More »