Weightless Father

"The Weightless Father" is a profound family epic. The story begins with an early tragedy: the eldest brother drowned, leaving the youngest son Chen Jianguo as the only container for his grandmother's fear and doting. He was exempted from the weight of life by the shackles of "safety is good". He grew up to be a "weightless" middle-aged man - he failed to run his ancestral business, indulged in illusory entrepreneurship, still brought liquor to the hospital with his grandmother in the terminal stage of cancer, and even announced her death in a novel tone when her grandmother passed away. Grandson Chen Mo grew up under the care of his grandma and witnessed her lifelong dedication and his father's frivolous escape. The emotional rift completely collapsed before grandma's hospital bed. It wasn't until he found grandma's account book that Chen Mo understood the deepest sorrow: Grandma would count the number of times her son smiled until her death, but that smile was always "out there." The novel travels through three generations and dissects the intergenerational transmission of trauma and the abnormal expression of love. When the gravitational core of the family disappears, where will the long-floating father go? And how should the sober third generation build their own solid ground between the heavy blood ties and the determined self? This is a story about weightlessness and the pursuit of weight.