Adeline Yen Mah, the author of autobiography Chinese Cinderella and original Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society as well as Chinese Cinderella and the Mystery of the Song Dynasty Painting, has led the most interesting life I have ever heard of or read about. Beginning life as an unwanted, motherless child, born on the streets of Tianjin of the 30th of November, 1937, she soon changes the path of her life and turns in the direction of letting study raise her high. Adeline’s real name is Yen Jun-Ling, and ‘Adeline’ became her first name when arriving in England, and ‘Mah’ the name of her second husband, Robert A. Mah. Sadly, her first husband, Byron Bai Lun-Soon, was abusive and violent though in my eyes it seems crazy, as to my taste Adeline is an incredibly accomplished author, now at the ripe age of 73.

Books by Adeline Yen Mah