![]() ![]() ![]() Though her father mostly neglected her, Yen Mah was a top student all throughout her childhood. Yen Mah spent much of her childhood in and out of boarding schools, often being moved around due to the Japanese occupation of China and Mao Zedong’s march of Communism across the country, which caused many civilians to flee their homes. As described in Chinese Cinderella, Yen Mah’s stepmother despised her stepchildren and was vicious in her mistreatment of them, creating an abusive and fearful home environment. A year after his first wife’s death, Yen Mah’s father married a very young half-French, half-Chinese woman and had two more children with her. Because of this, Yen Mah was considered to be bad luck by her family members and she was mistreated by most of her siblings for her entire childhood. ![]() Yen Mah’s mother died of a fever two weeks after her birth, due to birthing complications. Adeline Yen Mah was born in Tianjin, China, the fifth child of a wealthy businessman and an accountant. ![]()
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