A Chinese-American woman discovers her mother's hidden past through writings, unraveling family secrets, cultural identity, and generational bonds across China and America.
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A Chinese-American woman discovers her mother's hidden past through writings, unraveling family secrets, cultural identity, and generational bonds across China and America.
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LuLing Young is in her eighties, and finally beginning to feel the effects of old age. Trying to hold on to the evaporating past, she begins to write down all that she can remember of her life as a girl in China. Meanwhile, her daughter Ruth, a ghostwriter for authors of self-help books, is losing the ability to speak up for herself in front of the man she lives with. LuLing can only look on, helpless: her prickly relationship with her daughter does not make it easy to discuss such matters. In t...
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Romance & sex
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Brief dream sequence with nudity and exposure; no explicit sexual scenes. Rape of a character after a murder, central to the family backstory.
Violence & gore
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Murder of a character; descriptions of a scarred, burned face and mouth as body horror.
Profanity
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No profanity present.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation.
Religious content
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Minor mentions of a Christian orphanage and superstitious beliefs.
Magic & witchcraft
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Ghosts used as metaphors; no occult rituals.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Themes of cultural clashes between Chinese immigrants and American-born children.
Self-harm / suicide
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Central theme of guilt over a character's suicide; on-page depiction and aftermath.
Abuse & suffering
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Emotional abuse in mother-daughter relationships; historical suffering and Alzheimer's decline. Rape of a character after a murder, central to the family backstory.
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