When mainland wives and children come to Taiwan, they are sure to need some time to adjust, but many mainland brides arrive mentally quite unprepared for the shadow which their relationships with their parents-in-law can cast over their lives. If a child is caught in the middle, the situation almost inevitably develops into a quiet war spanning the Taiwan Strait and three generations, which expresses itself in all kinds of ways.
大陸妻小來台灣，本來就需要多花點時間適應，公婆問題更是一個大陰影，沉沉地罩住許多毫無心理準備的大陸新娘；若中間再夾上孩子，橫跨海峽的三代間的戰爭，難免以各種形式悄悄上演著。