Midlife, Marriage Out of My Hands

Today is Zhang Jing’s fourth zodiac year and the anniversary of her twenty-sixth wedding anniversary. On a day that should have brought double joy, she discovers that her husband has been cheating on her. To keep her family from falling apart and give her parents and children a warm, harmonious home, Zhang Jing chooses to compromise and give way. But her concessions only bring her increasingly vicious retaliation. By middle age, are we really no longer masters of our own lives? When her own happiness conflicts with her family’s interests, what choice will she make? This novel takes a realistic look at a middle-aged woman’s journey to save herself from an unhappy marriage…