正值十六歲青春年華的阿嫌嫁入了財大勢大的李家，然而她額頭上原本象徵帶來財富、興旺夫家的「美人尖」，因為各地區風俗不同，竟成了婆婆眼中會招來惡運的「額頭叉」，甚至導致家破人亡。於是阿嫌下定決心，以青春與一生為賭注，展開了波瀾不斷、與詛咒鬥爭的人生……

　　Sixteen-year-old Ah-fend, enveloped in youthful romantic emotion emotion and married into the rich and powerful Li family. However, only a few hills away from her birthplace, the peak on her forehead, a sign that was supposed to bring prosperity and untold riches to her husband’s family, became a “Forehead Fork”, a curse that would have to be lifted by a shaman midway on her wedding journey. And then, by purposely pushing the stone mill in a counter-clockwise direction, her mother-in-law laid a curse to cause her natal family’s demise. So, Ah-fend, furious, became determined to combat the curse and devoted herself to a life filled with endless battles, risking the beauty of her body and her lifetime in the challenge.

　　“Life is an ornate robe embedded with fleas. When your whole body is itching, will you rise up to fight or accept defeat?” said Ai-ling Zhang, a famous novelist. In this book, the fictional works allow you to see Ah-fend’s hardship and wickedness, to see the Zhang’s soaring justice and aching bitterness, to see Han-xiao’s tolerance and benevolence, and to see Liang-shan’s torment from a past memory and present guilt. These characters are weighted down with such overwhelming burdens, but like brave heroes they face up to the challenges.

王瓊玲 Dr. Chiung-ling Wang

　　中正大學中文系教授
　　Professor at Department of Chinese Literature, National Chung Cheng University
 
譯者簡介

史宗玲 Dr. Chung-ling Shih

　　高雄第一科技大學口筆譯碩士班教授
　　Professor at English Department & the MA-program of Interpreting and Translation, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology
 
楊惠筠 Dr. Hui-yun Yang

　　明新科技大學語言教育中心教授
　　Associate professor at Language Teaching Center, Minghsin University of Science and Technology