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We are no longer in our twenties, and we no longer have a good life ahead of us. We are not yet seventy, and it is not as if life has passed us by. We are in our forties and life is passing us by. The festival always comes in seven-year intervals, and every time it does, thousands of people walk along the border in great numbers, not only celebrating the festival, but also reuniting and separating from each other in the seven-year cycle, with feelings drifting in and out. People sigh at the passing of time and reevaluate their lives. From Kirsten, a single mother in her forties with a rebellious adolescent son and a mother who is losing her mind. Day after day, she feels lost and stuck in a stagnant life. Wyman, a man of a similar age, is single, has had a bad academic career, and has returned to his hometown to teach, his lifelong pursuit of career aspirations on the verge of collapse. The two of them met for the first time on a walk, and now they are reunited in the cracks of life, and their long-cooled feelings have suddenly become new...

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  • ISBN-13: 9789570876758
  • ISBN-10: 9570876751
  • Publisher: Lian Jing
  • Publish Date: May 2025

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