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  She was born in Tianjin, China.
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  Her mother died a few weeks later after giving birth to Adeline.
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  A year later, her father remarried a seventeen year old Eurasian beauty forteen years his junior. She was half french and half chinese.
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  She started kindergarden at St. Joseph French Convent school.
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  Her grandmother died and her body was placed in a tightly sealed coffin in the parlour.
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  Six weeks after grandmother's death, Adeline's grandfather took her and her siblings to Shanghai.
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  She attended a school called Sacred Heart (Sheng Xin).
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  She went to her friend's birthday party and was scolded and slapped by her niang
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  Father and niang took Adeline to Tianjin From Shanghai during wartime.
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  Adeline was rescued by her aunt during new year and was brought to Hong Kong.
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  Her grandfather died and Adeline was very sad.
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  Adeline entered a playwriting competition and won first.
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  She entered a medical schhol in England.