Who is James from Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter and what is their importance? Falling_Leaves_(memoir) English & Literature James | Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

James is the youngest of Adeline's older three brothers. He and Adeline are close in age, and although he never stands up for her, she believes in him. Adeline remembers her brothers giving her orange juice laced with urine and says that James' betrayal hurts her more than the act itself. She feels this same sense of betrayal later in life when James hides the fact she has been cut out of their stepmother's will.