本剧是由同名小说改编而来,本剧的另一个名字《旧金山物语》。故事的女主是一名事业心比较强的独立女性，为了追求事业的不断成功，她将丈夫和女儿抛弃。20年以后，她回到了家乡和丈夫、女儿重聚。她成功逃离了那个看着很完美的康州生活所带来的中年危机，但是她又很快被拉回了当年她所选择的家庭中去。

在这个花园中，生活着三个有趣的家庭，一个是有着五口人的幸福之家。一个是刚结婚不就得新婚夫妇，新婚夫妇的邻居是故事的主人公家里。整部剧通过将每家的温馨故事的描述相互穿插。在加上一些故事相关人物的描述，构成了一个个温馨而又独特的城市故事。本剧充满了怀旧气息，顺着老版的剧情展开讲述，家长里短的故事既普通又有趣。

This play is adapted from the novel of the same name. Another name of this play is "San Francisco Story". The heroine of the story is an independent woman with strong career ambitions. In order to pursue continuous success in her career, she abandoned her husband and daughter. After 20 years, she returned to her hometown to reunite with her husband and daughter. She managed to escape the mid-life crisis brought about by the seemingly perfect life in Connecticut, but she was quickly drawn back to the family she had chosen back then.

In this garden, there are three interesting families living, one is a happy family with five people . One is the newlyweds who are just married, and the neighbor of the newlyweds is the home of the protagonist of the story. The whole play intersperses the descriptions of the warm stories of each family. With the addition of some descriptions of the characters involved in the story, a warm and unique urban story is formed. This play is full of nostalgia, told along the old version of the plot, the short stories of the parents are both ordinary and interesting.