Nurse Pei Sangsang faces an old, stubborn grandmother; parents on the verge of divorce; an eldest sister who has just turned thirty and blames her failed first half of life on her family of origin; and a troublesome twin brother who is still going through his rebellious phase at twenty-three. Pei Sangsang feels lost and dejected. At twenty-three, she leads the most ordinary life imaginable, with no romance and no ambition for a career. She can’t bear to see her family break apart. Yet when they’re together, all the little frictions and discomforts make them feel uneasy. They compromise and endure, each believing they’ve been wronged. But when they really are about to part, none of them knows where to go...
