??? Dodder Flowers

"一代纯情小说巨匠琼瑶经典之作，六十年纪念版

The classic work of Qiong Yao, a master of pure romance novels, 60th anniversary commemorative edition.

在我

It's up to me.

宁愿做疾风中的一苇劲草

I would rather be a strong grass in the wind

也不愿做一株菟丝花

than a dodder flower

"君为女萝草，妾作菟丝花。"菟丝花是一种藤蔓植物，只能依附缠绕在别的植物上才能生存。女子是否必须依附一个强壮的男人做一株"菟丝花"呢？忆湄的母亲与罗太太做出了不同的选择。 在爱情中，除却娇弱的菟丝花，女子也尽可以做一株劲草、一棵大树。

""My husband is like a pine vine, while I am like a dodder flower"". Dodder is a vine plant that can only survive by attaching and entangling itself with other plants. Do women have to rely on a strong man to make a 'dodder flower'? Yimei's mother and Mrs. Luo made different choices. In love, besides the delicate dodder flower, a woman can also be a strong grass or a big tree.

内容简介

Brief Introduction

菟丝花需要依附在别的植物上，才能够生存下去。女子是否也必须仰仗一个强壮的男人才能活得有意义？母亲去世之后，孟忆湄被托付给素未谋面的罗毅教授。忆湄的到来解开了缠绕在罗教授、罗太太以及母亲之间的秘密......

Dodder flowers need to attach themselves to other plants in order to survive. Do women also have to rely on a strong man to live meaningfully? After her mother passed away, Meng Yimei was entrusted to Professor Luo Yi whom she had never met before. The arrival of Yimei has unlocked the secret that has been entangled between Professor Luo, Mrs. Luo, and her mother

作者简介

Author Introduction

琼瑶，原名陈喆，一九三八年生于四川成都，出身于书香门第。一九四九年，随父陈致平由大陆到台湾生活，开始写作生涯，随后进入电影、电视剧制作行业。

Qiong Yao, originally named Chen Zhe, was born in Chengdu, Sichuan in 1938 and came from a scholarly family. In 1949, she followed her father Chen Zhiping from mainland China to Taiwan to start her writing career, and later entered the film and television production industry.

琼瑶十六岁时以心如为笔名发表小说《云影》，二十五岁时出版了第一部小说《窗外》。多年来，笔耕不辍，代表作有《烟雨濛濛》《还珠格格》《一帘幽梦》《庭院深深》等，并有多部经典作品被改编为电影、电视剧，影响至深，成为一代人的青春回忆。

At the age of sixteen, Qiong Yao published the novel ""Cloud Shadow"" under the pen name ""Xinru"", and at the age of twenty-five, she published her first novel ""Outside the Window"". For many years, she has been tirelessly writing, with representative works such as ""Whispers Of Misty Rain"", ""My Fair Princess"", ""Fantasies Behind The Pearly Curtain"", ""Deep In The Courtyard"", etc. Many of her classic works have also been adapted into movies and TV dramas, which have had a profound impact and become memories of a generation's youth.