大学教授渡边退休后独居小屋,每日煮饭、操持家务,在日复一日的淡雅日常中,打点自身晚年生活。专注追求学识的极致,偶有红粉知己探访。写作之余也撰写遗嘱,受邀演讲还是坚持自己的价码。如此尊严又惬意自在的状态,却逐渐浮现健康恶化、关系崩解等征兆。心绪混乱的同时,渡边开始不断收到同一则诡谲的信息:逃跑吧,北方的敌人即将来到⋯⋯。风雨如磐的20世纪20年代,名震胶东的大财主牟氏家族的掌门人突然去世,新寡的少奶奶姜振帼与几位叔叔经过惊心动魄的较量,出人意料地掌理了家族门户。家族内部的尔虞我诈,官府、军阀的欺压,土匪盗贼的洗劫,日本鬼子的强行占领……美丽、聪明、干练的少奶奶,镇定自若地带领家族度过重重危机。她接受了庄园私塾王先生的仁爱、平等、自由的先进理念,并用于管理家族中,却不敢接受作为下人的教书先生的爱情。她忍受着内心的孤独、寂寞和压抑,苦苦抗争了20年,却最终没有挽救家族的分崩离析。目睹了繁花凋谢、满目苍夷的家族败落景象,心有不甘却无力回天的少奶奶,在一个细雨连绵的黄昏香魂飘逝……。Reva, a cheerful student, suddenly changes after her 21st birthday. Reva becomes moody and doesn’t want to hang out. Then at her house, her mother and two younger siblings are killed sadistically. Reva is declared a murderer and is rehabilitated in a mental hospital. Devi, Reva’s best friend, does not believe this and feels there is something about Reva. At the hospital Reva is...。