My Mother Does Cleaning
About This Novel
In 2020, a 52-year-old mother came to Shenzhen from rural Shaanxi to work. After living independently for more than ten years, "I" and my mother reunited in Shenzhen and lived under the same roof again. We quarreled in the small room. My mother couldn't stand the way "I" spent money, and "I" couldn't stand my mother's living habits. We are entangled, burdened, and dependent on each other. However, we love each other, and "I" know very well that my mother's weakness is her unreserved love for me. So, "I" wanted to understand her. "My" mother spent her youth working in mines and construction sites, and now works as a cleaner in a few spaces in a city office building. "I" want to record my mother's working history and try to travel through the life in her memory. My mother's life established an "enclave" of life for "me" who was working like a screw, allowing "me" to breathe, look back, and cherish where I came from. This is a writing project that we, mother and daughter, completed together.
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