KINTSUGI

A Woman

Worthless to Gold

Auto-fiction / Creative non-fiction / Memoir of a first generation chinese immigrant. It is 1960 and inside a Vancouver home, a spirited four-year-old girl is beaten to submission. She endures repeated episodes of what her mother calls corporal punishment. At school, she blooms under her encouraging teachers and the camaraderie of friends, retreating once she's home. As the years pass, her confidence erodes, leaving her unprepared to face adulthood.
Lacking healthy role models and essential life skills, she searches for love through a series of failed relationships. But it is only through these interactions that she learned to live like she never knew possible.
Written with candour, the story is sad but heartwarming. It's an emotional journey with our heroine toward 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, women are viewed as vessels as they contain, guide, and protect. A woman's womb is a cradle that gives life.

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