I'm reading Chinese Cinderella. The story is about a little girl that is "bad luck" to her family because her mother died giving birth to her and is unwanted by her family. She has seven siblings; five biological and two half siblings. Her step mother Niang treats her horribly. When they moved from their hometown to Shanghai she is forced to share a room on the third floor with three of her siblings. While her half siblings got their own rooms, the five of them aren't allowed any food other than breakfast, lunch, and dinner. On her first day back from school in Shangai was forced to walk miles in the rain back home and even when there was storm watches. Her father married a woman who was only seventeen when he was in his late thirties. Age doesn't seem to matter in Chinese culture because it wasn't just her parents. Even her grandparents got married when her grandma was fifteen and grandpa was twenty five. It's only a ten year differences. But in America it would be like a sophomore in high school marrying someone who is already out of college. Also in China, if a stepmother is brought into a household, the father’s children from a previous marriage aren't treated nearly as well as his step children. In the story the two half siblings were given a private tutor, who would always blame accidents on the five other children. The five children had to starve between meals, while the two half children would constantly feed food to pets. They weren't provided with any transportation to school and even being in a wealthy family are to never be given pocket money by their dad. They also acknowledge the dead in very strange ways. The body was kept in the house for several days so people could pray to the dead grandmother. The day the grandmother died, the five children were forced by their aunt to sleep on the floor by the coffin at night to keep her company. Even though they were terrified.