This is the story of Chen Qingshu’s life, exploring the love and pain of one’s family of origin, the choices and redemption of a mistaken marriage, and the resilience and boundaries of motherhood, before ultimately finding and establishing one’s own worth. Loving yourself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. This is a history of a woman enduring humiliation, and an ode to how a woman like a “wild weed,” looked down on by everyone in an oppressive era, achieves self-redemption and awakens to independence. It is about betrayal, but even more about being reborn.
