Sang Zuo felt like a bird without wings, spending her whole life chasing her mother's gaze. She was born deaf in her left ear, and her mother named her "Zuo," constantly reminding her of the pain in that ear.
After her healthy younger sister was born, Sang Zuo lost her mother completely and became an outsider in her own family. No matter how hard she tried or how well she did, her mother would never look her way.
Theme: Chasing something only to come up empty
