Walking with You 2: A True Continuation of Life Amidst Loss, Illness, and Faith

"A true record of double suffering, extremely rare in Chinese writing. From 'Why me?' to 'Why not me?', a rational person's genuine inquiry into death and life." -- Recommended by Sanmin Bookstore, Taiwan. It was only after he left that she understood the meaning of "accompanying." In 2022, after losing her beloved, she wrote *Walking with You*. And today, standing on the brink of life and death herself, she began to understand: there is a kind of companionship that death cannot end. Qu Yi, a Doctor of Mechanical Engineering, moved to the United States after graduating with a master's degree from Tsinghua University in 2000, where she met her lifelong love, Sun Zhaohui, who also moved to the US that same year. In 2020, Sun Zhaohui was diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer. In 2022, he ceased treatment and passed away. In extreme grief, Qu Yi fasted for forty days and wrote *Walking with You*, published in 2023, touching countless readers. Two years later, she was diagnosed with a rare blood tumor; without chemotherapy, her survival period was three to five months. This time, she is no longer merely the one sending off, but the one personally heading into the unknown. *Walking with You (2)* records precisely this journey. She did not choose to be strong but learned to "lie low when the wind blows hard"; she no longer questioned "Why me?" but slowly transformed this question into "Why not me?"; she discovered that the physical crisis actually awakened her from the spiritual desolation after her husband's death—suffering became a blessing in disguise. The book is divided into five parts: Submission and Entrustment, Suffering and Joy, Death and Life, Not Seeking and Gaining, Seeking and Discarding. With her consistently authentic and unevasive笔触, Qu Yi writes about the unexpected calm upon diagnosis, the arduous days of recovery after undergoing treatment at UCSF and completing a stem cell transplant alone, the panic and care during her sister's sudden cerebral infarction during her treatment, and also how a long-lost smile quietly returned to her face on a peculiar morning in the Costa Rican rainforest. This is not a book about illness, but a book about love, about life, and about the deeper, more enduring connection between people than we might imagine. Whether readers have no religious background or are Christians, they can learn to honestly face weakness and find meaning in suffering through this work. 1 Plus Books

2026-01-17

1 Plus Books

230

9781966814382