The author observe women's role in Taiwan's paternalism society, mother in law used to be a suppressed wife, she tells the story of her family, maybe with some kind of unfortunate, male members of her family can't play the role that Chinese culture expected, so female members carry on what's left and complete it
There's 2 essays that hit quite close to home and made me think about my relationship with my parents. Felt like someone in Taiwan had walked a similar path and written their experience down