The person who loved me the most in the world has left

Author: Zhang Jie
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: Zhang Jie grew up relying on her mother and spent decades of difficult years together. During tough times, her mother even went out to sell ice cream sticks to support the family. Later, when their financial situation improved, Zhang Jie longed to give her mother a comfortable and happy retirement. But unexpectedly, after her mother’s pituitary tumor surgery, a blood clot caused her to leave Zhang Jie behind and pass away. “Becoming an orphan at the age of fifty-four is much harder than becoming one at the age of four!” After her mother’s passing, Zhang Jie fell seriously ill. After more than a year of painful struggles and being repeatedly tested by fate, she finally completed these words that she felt compelled to write, “settling a debt of the heart.” In the days that followed, the gentle and compassionate mother’s obedience, dependence, and tolerance toward her daughter, as well as the strong and sincere daughter’s tenderness, grievances, and remorse toward her mother—all the bumps, trivialities, and lingering moments—disappeared overnight, leaving only these heart-wrenching words that speak of the eternal mother-daughter bond. The photos in the book, along with the text, tell the story of the mother, the mother-daughter relationship, and the story of the mother, daughter, and granddaughter. The cover of this book was designed personally by Zhang Jie. The crying old bird and the young bird are Zhang Jie’s early oil painting sketches. Who is the person who loves you the most in the world? The name "mother" may be hard to be replaced by anyone. Becoming an orphan at the age of fifty-four is much harder than becoming one at the age of four. Zhang Jie wrote this book based on her memories of her mother. The photos in the book, along with the text, tell the story of the mother, the mother-daughter relationship, and the story of the mother, daughter, and granddaughter. This is a heavy tribute to the passing of her mother; it is a poignant and profound ode to maternal love; tens of thousands of words, seventy-some images, meticulously document the last eighty-plus days of her mother’s life; rarely is there such an unforgettable long personal account; it tells the story of life, love, and the soul. In late July 1991, Mom suddenly aged at lightning speed, her body falling apart and breaking down completely. It was as if she was fine yesterday and unable to move today, with no gradual process in between.