When flipping through the 19 volumes of Chien's works, she appears by turn a classmate, a dear friend, an elder sister and a mother-a gentle, wise picture of womanhood at various ages.
穿插讀著簡媜的 19 本書，會覺得她像同學、密友、姊姊，也像媽媽──各種年齡溫柔、智慧的女性形象。