The Test-Tube Saga

Three couples meet while undergoing IVF: one highly educated white-collar couple, one working-class couple from the city, and one older farming couple. How will their different outlooks and lives collide? What heartbreak and helplessness will they face on the road to having a child? What does it mean to have a child: carrying on the family line, giving life greater meaning, or securing a marriage? At 35, Nan Sheng leads a glamorous white-collar life, but her path to motherhood is full of hardship. In the end, a perfectionist, she makes peace with herself and adopts a child with special needs. Lively and lovable Lu Tiantian represents Gen Z. Young and ambitious, she nevertheless finds herself caught in a crisis at work and at home. As an older expectant mother, Zhang Youmei endures extraordinary suffering to bear and raise children, without complaint, embodying the patience and sacrifice of a traditional woman. This book has laughter and tears, helplessness and acceptance...