Seven short stories, seven kinds of solitude: unreciprocated love, the lonesome journey to healing, the sorrows of aging and sickness, grief of lost dreams, detachment from the family, loneliness in marriage, and the budding and withering of young love. With exquisite and delicate words, Lee weaves an intricate tapestry of everyday life. These stories on family relationships, seemingly trivial, reflect yet precisely the psychological difficulties and struggles of ordinary people, unveiling the loneliness buried within while revealing the fighting in the shadows. The soft touch in Lee’s writing unfolds the sorrow and joy of life—at times bleak, at times with hope.