★ A raw, honest journal confronting mortality, dissecting fear, and rebuilding the self. Author Can Ran transforms nearly two years of post-accident rehabilitation into daily entries, turning her journey of trauma recovery into a relatable psychological self-rescue guide—with emotional power that surpasses fiction.
★ When her child asked, "Mom, will we die?" she replied, "I don't know—but we're alive right now."
This book offers no false comfort—only courageous vulnerability. Co-created by mother and son, it documents with striking authenticity how two generations (a Gen Z child and a middle-aged woman) face fear together.
★ Confined by physical limitations, the author redefines what it means to live, capturing seemingly ordinary yet deeply symbolic "restart moments": brushing her teeth in bed for the first time, being wheeled to the hospital gate to eat hotpot, laughing freely in front of her son while holding back tears. Amid fragmented routines, she learns to coexist with pain and reconstruct her relationship with the world.
★ The value of this book extends far beyond personal narrative—it is a redemptive companion for anyone who has faced or is facing hardship. It reminds us: true courage isn't the absence of fear, but the resolve to rebuild meaning from rubble—while still trembling.
★ English translation samples available.

On the evening of October 4, 2022, Can Ran was struck by a car while walking with her son Mi Ni. Her legs and ribs shattered; her son was thrown ten meters, suffering extensive abrasions. How does one confront life’s fragility? Comfort a traumatized child? Care for aging parents? Accept a broken body? Rebuild a life after disaster?

After narrowly escaping death, she began writing My Life Restart Diary from her hospital bed, using Weibo and live streams to document day after day of living alongside pain.
She stripped away all taboos and pretense, placing squarely before readers the very questions we collectively avoid: how to face life's unpredictability and vulnerability. Through her unfiltered experience, she shows that even in the darkest hours, the simple acts of recording, reflecting, and speaking aloud are profound expressions of life force.

The book ends not with triumphant fanfare, but with Canran and her son leaning on each other as they walk toward the rehabilitation center.
For her, true "restarting" means redefining her relationship with the world. Before the crash, she was a successful writer; afterward, she became an advocate for death education, her son's "brave mom", and a spiritual companion to countless online followers. This shift isn't regression—it's an expansion of life's dimensions. She proves that life's worth lies not in avoiding falls, but in finding new points of support each time we rise.
It is precisely this persistence amid imperfection that gives the work its most moving power.

Can Ran
Acclaimed author, founder of San Wu Chu Education, winner of the National Library's Wenjin Book Award, named "Influential Writer of the Year" by Dangdang in both 2022 and 2024, and initiator of the Rushong Public Welfare Project.
Notable works include Growing Up with You in Kindergarten: San Wu Chu Stories, Mom Bodhisattva, Child Buddha, Travel Companions, and Whale-Riding Journey.

Mi Ni
Co-initiator of the Rushong Public Welfare Project, translator of The Neighbor and Watch Out—This Information Is Fake!, and contributor to Elementary Students Love Telling Stories with Comics and Influence: Youth Edition.