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Contents

Tsai Ya-pao's memoir — From Lukang to the Military Dependants' Villages

Family voices

  1. eldest son From the children (I) — A mother unafraid of adversity Tang Guang-hua
  2. eldest daughter From the children (II) — Mother's sewing machine Tang Chun-lan
  3. second daughter From the children (III) — Let the story go on Tang Chun-fang
  4. third son From the children (IV) — The family heirloom Tang Guang-yi
  5. grandson From the grandson — Gritting our teeth to build a dream Tang Zong-hao

Memoir · thirty-nine chapters

  1. 1 Three Mothers
  2. 2 My Eldest Brother in Memory
  3. 3 Life in the Mountains and News of My Brother’s Death
  4. 4 Bravely Pursuing Happiness
  5. 5 A Lively Wedding
  6. 6 Working Hard to Pay Off the Wedding Debt
  7. 7 Amusing Incidents After Marriage
  8. 8 Not Knowing I Was Pregnant
  9. 9 Life on Dadu Mountain
  10. 10 The Eldest Born Under the Kerosene Lamp
  11. 11 A Chance Meeting with Father at the Market
  12. 12 Days of Little Togetherness
  13. 13 Moving to Tainan
  14. 14 Making Cloth Shoes
  15. 15 My Son's First Pair of Leather Shoes
  16. 16 From Tainan to Penghu
  17. 17 Three Years in Penghu
  18. 18 Returning to My Parents' Home
  19. 19 Birth of Our Eldest Daughter
  20. 20 From Penghu to Qiao'ai Village
  21. 21 Qiao'ai Village, All Women and Children
  22. 22 Welcoming the Second Daughter
  23. 23 When My Husband Was Away
  24. 24 Moving to Mingde Village
  25. 25 Quilts and Dumplings
  26. 26 The Children and Measles
  27. 27 The Beauty
  28. 28 Our Eldest Takes the High School Exam
  29. 29 The Eldest Son Goes to University
  30. 30 Struggling to Make a Living
  31. 31 Festivals in Mingde Village
  32. 32 An Unforgettable Children’s Day
  33. 33 The Eldest Daughter Enters Nursing School
  34. 34 The Fourth Son Hospitalised in Junior High
  35. 35 The Second Daughter Works Her Way Through University
  36. 36 Benefactors in Hard Times
  37. 37 The Fifth Son's Serious Illness
  38. 38 After the Children Grew Up
  39. 39 Return to the Homeland and Travel on the Mainland

Afterword · appendices

  1. Aw Afterword Tang Guang-de · (second son)
  2. Aw Appendix I: American Films Tang Guang-de · (second son)
  3. Aw Appendix II: New Year in Mingde Village Tang Guang-de · (second son)

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