The Autobiography of an Unfortunate Woman

The day her husband drew his last breath, Lin Qiutang was forced by her mother-in-law to kneel outside the house and slapped again and again.

She was thrown out with nothing but a few old clothes and a pair of chopsticks, her five-year-old daughter in her arms.

The village men blocked her door, saying a widow had no need to remain chaste. The women whispered behind her back, saying she was cursed and had brought about her husband’s death.

But she still wanted to live.

Even if she had to live like a dog, she wanted to raise her daughter.