CHARACTER PROFILES

Pu Ruixia is a rural girl who became a teacher against all odds after being forced to drop out of the third grade in a remote village of Ningxia Province.

Li Hua, a successful Beijing international attorney in a male- dominated profession juggles the responsibilities of a corporate executive and a single mother, and paid the price of success with her marriage.

Liu Ying is a single mother from Hebei Province asserting her independence by working as an electronic mechanic in a factory after a bitter divorce from her cheating husband.

Ou Huaqin, a Dongzu singer from Guizhou is torn between realizing her dream of performing and fulfilling her responsiblities to her family.