The Girl of Grass and Trees

This is a story that completely turns the traditional Cinderella tale on its head. A girl raised in the countryside is like an unnamed plant: unremarkable, hardworking, and enduring. Her life is like a blade of grass, a tree. Though she has experienced every kind of warmth and hardship life can bring, she holds fast to the patch of clear sky above her and refuses to give up. A girl named Yu Momo suffers a devastating blow at the height of her youth. To pay her older brother’s exorbitant medical bills, she sells herself to become someone’s wife. Unbelievably, her “contract husband” is a disabled man struggling on the brink of death. Their marriage contract has no expiration date, unless you count the day her husband’s life comes to an end... How will she endure the long years of their contract? See how she uses her sincere feelings to save a soul nearing death, and how love gives her the strength to love. Her strength lies in her endurance, and her story shines amid an ordinary life. Let’s give this girl, as steadfast as a plant, a round of applause. The foundations of the story are rich. The writing is skillful. The plot is vivid, and the emotional details are finely drawn. It’s not a wish-fulfillment story, but it’s a compelling read. It gives serious, profound thought to life, fate, and the human condition. Click, bookmark, and let it build up before you devour it.