The Wrong Bride, a Long Road Ahead

A story set in the 1950s, with realistic social themes and the everyday ups and downs of family life.

In the 1950s, Wu Qianhui is the beloved illegitimate daughter of a landlord’s family, but after her mother dies, her good days come to an end. At nineteen, she happily follows the man she loves, believing a whole new world awaits her. But life is unpredictable, and she ends up marrying the wrong man.

Unable to love openly, she spends her life pining for someone she can never have. She becomes the backbone of the family, and all she hopes for in the years ahead is that her sons will be happy. But life doesn’t go as she wishes. As she and her children navigate life in all its many flavors, there are endless family squabbles and more bittersweet ups and downs than she can count. Should she hold on, or let go?