The mother works as a seamstress in a shop.

Actress Zhou Xun starred in Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress and the moving Chinese movie Suzhou River.

Actually I didn t even have a computer or the slightest idea of when I would ever have one, for my mum was a seamstress after all.

Mai says if she doesn t make it to college, she will look into other career options such as getting a certification for a desk job, or even learning to become a seamstress.