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"The Growth of a Common Girl" is the most representative collection of prose stories by Taiwanese writer Jiang E. It writes the growth story of an ordinary girl in Tainan in refreshing and concise words: the fun daily life with grandma, the life of a follower in a Chinese medicine pharmacy, piano learning, scientific experiments alone in the afternoon, the education of love, the initial enlightenment of female consciousness, and the inner theater of children, etc. In various details of life that can and cannot be told to others, it describes how a girl grows up little by little, slowly glimpses and enters the adult world, examines the many upbringings and constraints that have happened to herself, such as family affection, love, marriage, ethics, worldliness, etc., And gradually becomes self-aware, comfortable, real and relaxed. No matter how hard it is to cry in life, there is never a moment when we don't look forward to joy. Adults and children work together to protect the warmth and liveliness of their home, and also cope with the absurdity of the times. The twenty-eight essays, which are light, stretched, funny and lovely, not only recall childhood memories, but also show the contrast of thoughts and emotions between the past and the present, providing a broader perspective to understand women who grew up in this era and environment. "The Raising of a Common Girl" is not only the growth history of an ordinary girl, but also a true portrayal of all contemporary women who live seriously between the new and the old times. They no longer follow the blueprint of a good and lucky woman, and choose a more comfortable way of life. Everyone's growth has both the mark of the times and the logic of life itself. Looking back on the past is to record growth, but also to clarify the past and make peace with this ordinary self.