In 1960, a happy and spirited four-year-old girl is sent away from her loving grandmother to reunite with her parents, who have already immigrated to Vancouver, Canada. As a first-generation Chinese-Canadian, moving to a new land, her initial shock is abandonment. Instead of welcoming arms, her situation worsens by regular beatings. Her mother calls corporal punishment the Chinese way to show love and discipline. Branded a worthless daughter by her pathologically abusive mother, she suffers in silence. At school, she blooms under the encouragement of her teachers and the camaraderie of friends, only to retreat into fear and isolation at home. As the years pass, she remains vulnerable and unprepared to face adulthood.Lacking healthy role models and essential life skills, she searches for love and acceptance through a series of failed relationships. But it is only through these interactions that she's able to learn to live like she never knew was possible.Written with candour, this auto-fiction is sad, but with plenty of heartwarming moments throughout the book. The reader is living an emotional journey along with our heroine on her path to healing and happiness.She is Kintsugi. A metaphor for the woman-who was once considered worthless. Once broken, now a beautifully mended vessel*, stronger and more resilient than ever, for each restored piece is a treasure that completes her.Throughout history, humankind considered women as vessels because they contain, guide, and protect. A woman's womb is a cradle that gives life.
