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Adeline Yen Mah, Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter Quotes: I knew that I was the least-loved child because I was a girl and because my mother had died giving birth to me.
         

I knew that I was the least-loved child because I was a girl and because my mother had died giving birth to me.


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