Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah (Class 2018)

By sba

  • Grand Aunt opened her own bank, the Shanghai Women's Bank

  • Adeline was born

  • Adeline's mother died

  • Adeline's father remarried

    Niang become Adeline's stepmother

  • A flood hit Tianjin and many people were killed

  • Lydia and Adeline started studying at St Joseph's school

  • Prize-giving day

    Received a prize for winning the medal for more weeks than other students in the school

  • Grandmother died

    After grandmother's funeral, the carefree years of childhood were over

  • Adeline's family moved to Shanghai

  • End of World War II

    Ye Ye and Father were happy when the Japanese lost the war and left China.

  • Adeline stayed in Hong Kong

  • Father and Niang took Adeline north to Tianjin

  • Lydia, Adeline's older sister got married

  • Lydia escaped from Tianjin to Taiwan

    with her husband Samuel and his parents

  • Adeline started coughing up blood, had a fever and had difficulty breathing.

  • Adeline joined a boarding school

    The Sacred Heart School in Hong Kong

  • Adeline and James sailed to England

  • Ye Ye died

  • Adeline won a playwriting contest

  • Adeline left England for Hong Kong

  • Adeline married Byron in New York City

  • Adeline was pregnant

  • Father opened a factory in Nigeria

  • Gregory married Matilda

    Gregory became the manager of the Nigerian factory.

  • Adeline and Byron's son, Roger, was born

  • Second argument with Byron

    They argued with each other because of buying a new jacket.
    (Adeline commented on his jacket.)

  • Edgar moved to Canada

  • Adeline divorced Byron

  • Niang and father were on a world trip and visited Adeline

  • Adeline had a second marriage with Bob

  • Susan was disowned by Niang

  • Adeline's daughter, Ann, was born

  • Mao Zedong, the leader of China, died

  • Received a letter from Niang and was informed that father's health was not good

  • Bob and Adeline visited Aunt Baba

  • Adeline's father died

    The last time that the Yen family were all together in Shanghai.
    Lydia wanted to end the relationship with Adeline.

  • Niang became ill

  • Niang died

  • Aunt Baba died at 89.

  • Adeline received a letter from her aunt

    Asking her to meet her in Shanghai