Open Eye: Family ties

Adeline Yen Mah, author of the international bestseller Falling Leaves, is the subject of one of the TV programmes specially made for the Open University's new Pacific Studies course.

Adeline, a doctor, was born in Shanghai, moved to Hong Kong, studied inLondon, and now lives in California. Her very personal story of a life journey across the Pacific also throws light on wider questions of identity.

Family ties: the story of Adeline Yen Mah is showing for the first time on 3 July on BBC 2 at 00.30. You can also explore some of the issues in the radio programme 'Living on the edge: women in China' on 21 June on Radio 4 longwave at 8pm.