Mermaid in the Basement

She is Alicia Liu, a Chinese abandoned baby and a dishwasher living in a corner of San Francisco's Chinatown. Although she lives in one of the most prosperous areas in the world, she seems to be disconnected from San Francisco. Her life is like a dead end of consumerism in San Francisco, forever lingering in the endless grease in the kitchen of American-style Chinese restaurants. But she never felt hesitant about this in her heart, because in the basement she maintained a secret dream-she had a mermaid. Purpose: Learn how to love