《台北爸爸,纽约妈妈》内容简介：一位离散家庭的长子，用爱与勇气写下自己生命时间流淌的三十年一则则令人心痛的往事。作者父亲为台湾彩色冲印业第一个本土品牌——爵士彩色冲印店的创办人，颠峰时期开了七家连锁店，却开始花天酒地，后来公司亏本破产为了逃债，父母远走美国，父亲为了外遇与母亲离婚，家庭也随之破裂。 从此,作者和三个兄弟姐妹由乡下的奶奶抚养长大，过着贫苦艰辛的生活。姐姐中学的时候吸毒身亡、自己是个同性恋、父亲因此与他断绝父子关系，弟弟成为亡命的赌徒、妹妹勾引自己相爱了七年的男朋友… … 《台北爸爸,纽约妈妈》细笔刻画一个台湾家庭的家族众生相，透过文字与影像追索自身家庭伤痕与秘密，同时召唤整个世代的情感与记忆。更以一位同性恋长子的眼光，深具性别意识地凝视着“家庭会伤人”背后爱恨交织的历史。亲见一个低阶台美移民家庭的兴衰，打造一则台湾移民离散的时代寓言。

This film is about the relationship of a mother and her daughter, the split-up of their family, the blessing and curse of belonging together and about coming of age - all this from the perspective of the young girl Aglaja. The story is based on real-life events, an Eastern European circus artist family that fled to the West. If they want to stay in the circus business they have to make up an exotic act. The mother spends all their money to buy a very dangerous act: hanging by her hair high up in the dome of the circus while juggling with burning torches. Every night Aglaja is terrified by the fear of losing her mother. But, on some day, she has to follow the family tradition and become the "Woman with the Hair of Steel".