Falling leaves : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter
Record details
- ISBN: 0767903579
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Physical Description:
ix, 278 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
print - Edition: 1st Broadway Books trade pbk. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Broadway Books, 1999.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: Falling leaves return to their roots. London : M. Joseph, c1997. Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue 1 -- Chapter 1 Appropriate Door Fits the Frame of the Correct House / Men Dang Hu Dui 5 -- Chapter 2 Converting Iron into Gold / Dian Tie Cheng Jin 13 -- Chapter 3 Inseparable as Each Other's Shadows / Ru Ying Sui Xing 18 -- Chapter 4 Surpassing Loveliness Good Enough to Feast Upon / Xiu Se Ke Can 25 -- Chapter 5 An Episode of a Spring Dream / Yi Chang Chun Meng 34 -- Chapter 6 Family Ugliness Should Never be Aired in Public / Jia Chou Bu Ke Wai Yang 42 -- Chapter 7 Climbing a Tree to Seek for Fish / Yuan Mu Qiu Yu 75 -- Chapter 8 Extend the Same Treatment to All / Yi Shi Tong Ren 91 -- Chapter 9 Inspired Scholar in an Enchanting Land / Ren Jie Di Ling 99 -- Chapter 10 Each Day Passes Like a Year / Du Ri Ru Nian 107 -- Chapter 11 Original Ideas in Literary Composition / Zi Chu Ji Zhu 112 -- Chapter 12 Same Bed, Different Dreams / Tong Chuang Yi Meng 118 -- Chapter 13 Is Anything Impossible? / You He Bu Ke 122 -- Chapter 14 One Lute, One Crane / Yi Qin Yi He 135 -- Chapter 15 Fish Swimming in a Cauldron / Fu Zhong You Yu 141 -- Chapter 16 One Horse, Single Spear / Pi Ma Dan Qiang 151 -- Chapter 17 Marry a Chicken, Follow a Chicken / Jia Ji Shui Ji 157 -- Chapter 18 You Plant Melons, You Reap Melons / Zhong Gua De Gua 167 -- Chapter 19 Hearts Reduced to Ashes / Xin Ru Si Hui 178 -- Chapter 20 Scales and Shells in the Belly / Fu Zhong Lin Jia 193 -- Chapter 21 Heavenmade Union / Tian Zuo Zhi He 206 -- Chapter 22 Besieged by Hostile Forces on All Sides / Si Mian Chu Ge 212 -- Chapter 23 Coarse Tea and Plain Rice / Cu Cha Dan Fan 218 -- Chapter 24 While Drinking Water, Remember the Source / Yin Shui Si Yuan 227 -- Chapter 25 Sever This Kinship with One Whack of the Knife / Yi Dao Liang Duan 235 -- Chapter 26 Creating Waves Without Wind / Wu Feng Qi Lang 240 -- Chapter 27 Near Vermilion, One Gets Stained Red; Near Ink, One Gets Stained Black / Jin Zhu Zhe Chi, Jin Mo Zhe Hei 244 -- Chapter 28 Wine and Meat Friends / Jiu Rou Peng You 252 -- Chapter 29 Headless and Clueless Case / Wu Tou Gong An 261 -- Chapter 30 Opened the Door to Salute the Thief / Kai Men Yi Dao 264 -- Chapter 31 Steal the Bell While Covering Your Ears / Yan Er Dao Ling 268 -- Chapter 32 Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots / Luo Ye Gui Gen 271. |
| Target Audience Note: | 950L Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.1 15 31231. |
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| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
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- 16 of 17 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
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- 1 current hold with 17 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | B Mah (Text) | 30308100503367 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
