This book introduces some grandmothers who were out of the ordinary, such as the Hakka poetess Tu Pan Fang-ko. And there is Chuang Cheng-hua, whose family suffered from political oppression. Her father was a doctor in Tainan who was arrested during the February 28 incident and died in custody. Her life was completely transformed as a result.
這本書還介紹了具特殊才藝的阿媽，如客家女詩人杜潘芳格；也有政治受難家屬如莊政華，她的父親原是台南的醫生，在「二二八」事件時被捕而去世，她的生命也從此有了很大的轉變。