The anthology is about Mah who was rejected by her stepmother and despised by her brothers and sisters. She was sent to boarding school and left there.
Mah's father
A distant but powerful figure, it is about one of the times she went home
Structure
Written in first-person narrative
Author uses direct speech
"Cinderella"
The fairytale has connotations of neglect,abandonment, rejection
Effect on the reader
Anthology is easy to follow, engaging the reader
She is writing for a general audience who may be interested inchildhoodmemoir or perhaps an understanding of the culture that Adeline comes from
Melodramatic
Exaggerated and emotional
Summary/Structure
1. Beginning she is full of dread - aware of how quick time was passing
2. Quite reluctant to return home + ensure why she's been summoned home
