Outside reading 1

I am reading the book Falling Leaves. So far in the first chapter i have learned alot about her family background. Adeline describes the members of her family like Grand Aunt. Grand Aunt opened the first women's bank in Shanghai this was a great accomplishment especially for a women in that time. The bank apparently made alot of money and was very successful. Also we learn about her father and Ye Ye's business and how profitable it is. Also we learn how she lost her mother when her younger sister was born, and how her father met her evil stepmother Niang. Adeline shares alot about her child hood in this first chapter and begins to describe how her stepmother emotionally and physically abuses her and most of her siblings. Of course Niang's biological children are not abused in anyway unlike the other children, instead they are treated like kings, they are given many privileges the other children do not have and they are treated kindly unlike the other kids. They are even fed much better food compared to the other kids.