Book of Setbacks - Setbacks are a compulsory course for everyone in life

Author: Lin Dahu / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: Many times, the arrival of adversity does not give the person involved a heads-up to prepare, but instead descends like a bolt from the blue. Sometimes, it even accompanies you from the moment you enter this world, naive and unaware, forcing you to endure its trials from the very beginning of your life. Facing frustrating circumstances can easily lead to a mindset of just getting by and sinking into despair in the. Does being born into hardship inevitably lead to natural decline? Of course not. Chanel proved this with her achievements. In the tide of fashion development, Chanel is a striking and renowned name, from the world-famous fashion brand to the celebrated No. 5 perfume, Chanel has repeatedly brought surprises to people. Yet, who could have imagined that this legendary woman who pursued a romantic career was a golden phoenix that emerged from the mire through arduous struggles. She had an unfortunate family background. Among the many factors that influence a person's growth, family is the first school in one's life, and parents are undoubtedly the teachers in that school. However, Chanel's family and parents had a very poor record in raising children. In 1883, Chanel was born in France, and this brave and resilient woman has always kept her birth a secret. Later, people had many mysterious speculations about it, and some even investigated from the clues she provided, suggesting that she might have come into this world from an orphanage's abandoned baby box. Chanel's father, Albert, was an impulsive and unfaithful playboy who married Chanel's mother, Jeanne Darville. In 1882, Albert took Jeanne to Chambéry, where he sold velvets at the market, while the poor Jeanne did laundry, cooked meals, and did household chores to earn a little money to survive. A year later, questions arose about Chanel's birth—was she really from the orphanage's abandoned baby box? This cannot be confirmed. On August 19 of that year, Chanel was born, and some elderly people at the orphanage marked her birth record with crosses as proof. The impoverished family life quickly took away her mother's youth and made this poor woman sick. Life was already difficult, and the torment of illness led Jeanne to pass away suddenly at the age of 33. Chanel lost her mother when she was still under 12, but this was just the beginning of her hard life. Her and her siblings' only support was that extremely irresponsible father, who, as usual, disappointed them. At the time, a kind person brought Chanel's father back from his wandering. He hastily buried his wife and began to arrange the future of the five children who were starving at home. He handed over the two boys to the public relief agency and took three daughters—Berthe, Chanel, and Antoinette—back to their hometown to meet their grandmother. The grandmother already had a large number of children, the youngest of whom was only two years older than Chanel, leaving her with no time to take care of Chanel and her sisters. Chanel's father said to her grandmother, "Mom, I'm leaving the children with you. I'll go get a pack of tobacco." And he never came back. Chanel's father, Albert, abandoned his family and his daughters like this. From then on, Chanel could be considered an orphan left to fend for herself. P5-6