摘 要
SYNOPSIS
这部小说把中国移民的梦想编织到现实生活中, 描写了他们在精神和肉体上的困境，以及不同文化和性别差异所带来的问题。
柳叶是一个偷渡到枫叶之国――加拿大的美貌中国少妇，为生计在工厂和按摩院打工。在经历了几次婚外情之后，她意识到在国外生存有时意味着对道德屈服。当丈夫来看她时，她觉得他和以前不一样了。丈夫也不愿意用柳叶的钱，并且不愿意全家移民到加拿大，独自回了中国。通过丈夫的许多来信，柳叶发现她的家庭出现了越来越多的问题。后来，柳叶从一个老头那儿找到了财富和新的爱情，并且有了自己的成功事业，可柳叶真的能抛开她的家和中国吗？
Willow Leaf, Maple Leaf . . . is a novel that weaves fantasy
and cultural myth into a story about immigration, moral and
sexual dilemmas, and cultural and gender barriers.
Willow Leaf is a dazzlingly beautiful Chinese woman who is
smuggled to Vancouver, Canada. While working at a factory
and at a massage parlor—and through several extramarital affairs—Willow
Leaf realizes that survival in a different country might mean
a compromise of morals. When her husband visits her, she realizes
that he is not as she remembers him. He, in turn, refuses
the money she offers him and her request for him to move their
family to Canada, and returns to China alone. Eventually,
Willow Leaf finds new wealth and new love with an elderly
man and has her own successful business. But can Willow Leaf
truly leave her love for her family and China behind?
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