Family love comes in many forms.
Some are blood related, some are not. Some are warm places to return to, and some are bonds that you want to escape but can't. Some are companionship, some are hurt, and some are long reconciliations after the hurt.
In this book, there are five stories about family love——
A girl who was raised as a stand-in searches for her name in the shadows;
A pair of sisters with a delicate relationship get to know each other again amid comparison and jealousy;
A daughter who left her hometown and tried to understand her father who had been silent all her life;
An unemployed middle-aged mother and her daughter face the fear of being left behind by the times;
A mother who lost her child used AI to recreate a child who would never grow up.
They are all looking for an answer: What exactly is home?
Is it blood or companionship? Is it sacrifice or fulfillment? It's when you call out that name that someone says yes. When you are tired from walking, you know there is a place to go back to.
Five stories, five aspects of life. Dedicated to everyone who has ever been lost in family love.
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Purpose: To explore the different forms of family affection under extreme conditions: love beyond blood, identity, intergenerational reconciliation, technology and humanity, trauma and healing. Home is not a perfect place, but a place where you are seen, heard, and remembered.