How should a woman live at forty? No transmigration, no golden finger, no shortcuts of any kind. How can she find a way through relying on nothing but herself? The year Tang Chun turned forty felt like wading across a river in the dark, one careful, uneven step at a time. The crisis of losing her job in middle age, an ex-husband who would not leave her alone, a son beginning to rebel… One challenge after another piled on, adding all kinds of dangers and uncertainty to the river. When she looked up, the sky was still full of stars, seemingly holding endless hope. But close at hand, every step sank into mud. The hard realities stood before her. She had made this journey, they had made it, and so had many others…
Theme: Inspired by true stories, this asks how a forty-year-old woman can cross the river of fate without the help of miracles such as transmigration, rebirth, a golden finger, or supernatural abilities.
