'I am still haunted by Mah's memoir . . . Riveting. A marvel of memory. Poignant proof of the human will to endure'   Amy Tan Adeline Yen Mah's childhood in China during the civil war was a time of fear, isolation and humiliation. The cause of this was not political upheaval but systemic emotional and physical abuse by her step-mother and siblings, and rejection by her father. Falling Leaves is...