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Book!!!

Title: The Chinese Cinderella
Author: Adeline yen man
Genre: Personal recount

The Chinese Cinderella is a story of depravity and cruelty. It depicts and portrays a life of an unwanted and deprived young girl called Adeline who longed for her fathers and sibling's lore and attention. Unfortunately, the child Adeline, had to go through a miserable childhood, and put up with the tyranny of her stepmother and the cruelty of her siblings. All these due to the hatred her family had towards her. The primal reason for this hatred was that Adeline's biological mother died shortly after giving birth to Adeline. As a result, her family despised her and regarded or considered her as a jinx. In Chinese Cinderella, the author reiterates her life story, which is beset with perils. This book also highlights Adeline's struggle for acceptance and lore from her own flesh and blood and how she overcame the odds to prove her worth.

My Opinion:
Adeline's the Chinese Cinderella is a litany of grievances and hardships that she had to put with when she was a young girl. The vivid description of the deprecations, pranks and tortures from the family has managed to touch my heart. It had me breaking down to tears as the author narrated on how humiliated she was when her idiotic stepmother slapped, kicked and admonished her in front of her classmates. Thus, I give this book two thumbs up.

What I've learnt?
The message that is conveyed in this book is that endurance and perseverance are the keys to success. Adeline did not give up even though her stepmother tortured her.Her siblings played cruel pranks on her. Adeline endured and persevered despite all the treatment and discrimination against her. Her motto in life is '' Stick to your goal despite hundred setback''. In the end, she proved to her father that she deserved to study in Oxford University and today, she is a Physician. Her patience finally paid off and now, she is a successful lady.