The Days We Spent Together

This novel portrays the marriages of a generation with heartfelt honesty. Chen Qian, born in the 1980s, chooses to marry without a wedding or even a proper ceremony. Pregnant before marriage, she leaves her child in their hometown after the wedding and sets out with Yin Li to make a living. Yin Li struggles at work and is tricked into joining a pyramid scheme, and they endure all kinds of bitter and sweet experiences and dramatic ups and downs. Yin Hui falls victim to domestic abuse at the hands of her husband, leaving her marriage miserable. Desperate to divorce, she repeatedly turns to her brother and sister-in-law, as well as her parents, for help. But because of various complications and the harshness of the world, she gets caught up in her brother and sister-in-law’s marriage. Conflicts between the sisters-in-law spark a family feud... Chen Qian’s family is struck by upheaval, and her loved ones leave her. Yin Li betrays his wife, shattering their family. What should they do about the older generation on both sides? And how should a family of two daughters, like those of so many people born in the 1980s, face the future? ...