Lin Wan's life is made up of countless “yeses.”
Her mother says, “Study accounting,” and she says yes.
Her boss says, “Work late,” and she says yes.
Her boyfriend says, “I'm not coming home tonight,” and she says yes, too.
She has become someone everyone is happy with, and lost herself in the process.
Then one day, she looks at the incoming call flashing on her phone and, for the first time, doesn't answer.
That unanswered ring is like a key, unlocking the door she's kept shut for twenty-six years.
She quits her job, ends her relationship, and sets off alone.
She arrives in a nameless town and finds a nameless river.
By the river is a cafe, and in the cafe is an owner who can paint.
He asks her, “What can you do?”
She says, “I can... be very quiet.”
In a place where nobody knows her, she slowly learns that it's okay not to know, okay not to be perfect, and okay to live for herself.
This is a story about leaving and coming home.
About how a girl finds her way from being “good” to being herself.
"A River Without a Name" is written for everyone who is lost in other people's expectations.