| Author: | Chang Hua | ISBN: | 9781301472260 |
| Publisher: | AsianFiction Publishing House | Publication: | September 28, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Chang Hua |
| ISBN: | 9781301472260 |
| Publisher: | AsianFiction Publishing House |
| Publication: | September 28, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
A horrible secret haunted Mrs Zhen, tormenting her night and day. For months she lived in complete isolation, avoiding the outside world. She thought that no one would ever discover what she had done. Until one day she received a phone call from a mysterious woman who forced her to face her past.
Taipei in the 1990s. In a materialistic society a girl has to do her best to achieve her goals. Her mother wants her to get into the most prestigious university of the island and pursue a successful career. But when her father unexpectedly loses his job, she has to drop out of university and work to support her parents. Through a matchmaker her mother finds for her a suitor, Victor, a successful businessman. At first she refuses to marry him. She loves her boyfriend Nick, she doesn't want to give up her love and her freedom. Yet due to the desperate financial situation of her family she ultimately gives in.
The marriage with Victor, however, is only the beginning of an unhappy life that will end in a tragedy.
A horrible secret haunted Mrs Zhen, tormenting her night and day. For months she lived in complete isolation, avoiding the outside world. She thought that no one would ever discover what she had done. Until one day she received a phone call from a mysterious woman who forced her to face her past.
Taipei in the 1990s. In a materialistic society a girl has to do her best to achieve her goals. Her mother wants her to get into the most prestigious university of the island and pursue a successful career. But when her father unexpectedly loses his job, she has to drop out of university and work to support her parents. Through a matchmaker her mother finds for her a suitor, Victor, a successful businessman. At first she refuses to marry him. She loves her boyfriend Nick, she doesn't want to give up her love and her freedom. Yet due to the desperate financial situation of her family she ultimately gives in.
The marriage with Victor, however, is only the beginning of an unhappy life that will end in a tragedy.
