In the book Heavenly Lantern, Mother, the main character, A-Wang, is a stand-in for Cheng Ching-wen. You can see elements of the author's childhood fictionalized in his story.
告別童年，自我救贖《天燈・母親》一書中，主角阿旺儼然是鄭清文的化身，在虛實交揉的故事脈絡中，童稚時期的鄭清文隱約可見。