Chinese Cinderella

Adeline is born

Nov 30, 1937

Adeline Yen Mah was born

Mother Dies

Dec 13, 1937

Adelines Mother dies from high fever

Father remarries

Dec 29, 1938

Adeline's father moves to Shanghai

Apr 28, 1940

adeline and siblings move to Shanghai

Apr 4, 1941

The family packs up and moves.

The family moves into Niang's home

Apr 5, 1941

Awards

Sep 28, 1941

Adeline gets top of her class award in kindergarten

Dissapearence

Nov 30, 1941

Adeline's Father, stepmother, and younger brother dissapear mysteriously.

Kindergarten

Mar 26, 1942

Adeline starts kindergarten at St. Joseph's French Covenant school

Adeline's Nai Nai Dies

Nov 27, 1942

Adelines grandmother dies of a big stroke.

Sacred Heart

Sep 24, 1943

Six weeks after Nai Nai funeral, Adeline is sent to the sacred Heart school

Best friend

Jan 3, 1944

Adeline becomes friends with Wu Chun Mei, a very good athlete

Pet problems

Jun 15, 1945

When all the children get little ducklings, Adeline names hers PLT(Precious Little Treasure), but the family dog eats hers.

Birthday party chaos

Nov 15, 1945

When Adeline agrees to go to her best friend, Wu Chun Mei, birthday party, she gets grounded because Niang disapproves of her going.

new school

Jan 26, 1948

Adeline moved to a new school called the sacred heart

Class president

Feb 26, 1948

Adeline is elected class president at Shengxin Primary school

Big Sister gets Married

Aug 29, 1948

Adeline's big sister gets married

Boarding school

Sep 29, 1948

Adeline is sent to boarding school because she exposed her families "ugliness"

The family moves to Hong Kong

Dec 26, 1948

Graduation

May 16, 1951

Adeline graduates at the age of 14 from boarding school

World wide writing competition

Jan 2, 1952

Adeline entered one of her best writing pieces and she won.

Ye Ye dies

Mar 1, 1952

Adeline's grandfather dies

Adeline goes to Oxford England

Sep 22, 1952

She leaves with Third Brother

Letter

Sep 22, 1952

Adeline relieves a letter from her Aunt Baba whom she hasn't seen in years

Adeline wins a contest

Mar 8, 1953

Adeline wins a play writing contest at school, because of this her father lets her go to Egland to school.

Adeline marries for the first time

Mar 6, 1964

Adeline marries Byron Bai-Lun Soon

Adeline has a son

Mar 24, 1966

Roger is born

Adeline divorces

Mar 6, 1970

Adeline divorces Byron because he is violent

Adeline remarries

Mar 6, 1972

Adeline remarries to Robert A Mah

Adeline's daughter is born

Mar 6, 1974

Adeline has Ann, She also becomes a writer