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Thoughts About Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah

10/4/2014

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While I was in Peru on an Earthwatch project, I chanced upon a copy of Falling Leaves, a memoir by Adeline Yen Mah published in 1997. Since I intend to finish my novel set in China, I am constantly looking at
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