At the end of the world - Ushuaia, Argentina, sixteen-year-old Lin Xiaowei is the daughter of the "Southern Supermarket", a Chinese girl trapped in the gap between two cultures. Her father, Lin Guodong, crossed the ocean from Fujian 20 years ago and took root in this small town at the gateway to Antarctica. He struggled to make a living in an old supermarket. Xiaowei is fluent in Spanish than Chinese, and her thinking belongs to Argentina, but her bloodline and her parents' expectations tightly tie her to the rules of the Chinese community.
This is a story about the growth of the second generation of immigrants, about the tearing and healing of cultural identity, about the sacrifice of parents and the rebellion of children, and about how to find one's own direction in the cracks at the end of the world. The prose style outlines the gloomy and magnificent wind and snow in Ushuaia. The hum of the freezer and the whistle of the Antarctic cruise ship interweave into the throes of youth. In the end, can Xiaowei find her way back when the freezing rain stops?
Purpose: tearing and reconstruction of cultural identity, intergenerational conflict and reconciliation, separation and rooting in the era of globalization