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If you would like to donate to her family with costs associated with her illness and passing, visit their GO FUNDME.

With her unique mix of humor and candor, empathy and idealism, Inouye draws upon her academic training in Chinese history and religious studies, her rich cultural heritage, her experiences raising a family in an international setting, her tangle with cancer, and her resilient faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ to unfurl vibrant reflections on the enduring question of what it means to be a Latter-day Saint today.

She passed away from cancer on April 23, 2024.

Read The Church Newsroom article about her passing.

Read the Salt Lake Tribune piece about her dreams for the Church, which she gave five days before her death.

Read her obituary.

Here are some of her remarkable writings. CROSSINGS is the book she talked about on her visit to The Hall. Click a cover to learn more, or visit her AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE to see them all.

Cover of the book Crossings: A Bald Asian American Latter-day Saint Woman Scholar's Ventures Through Life, Death, Cancer, and Motherhood, by Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye, which looks like a colorful quilt.Cover of the book Every Needful Thing: Essays on the Life of the Mind and the Heart, by Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye, with a basket filled with flowers, rolled music, etc. on a table with an open laptop, a mug, glasses, and other common lifestyle objects. Cover of the book Sacred Struggle: Seeking Christ on the Path of Most Resistance by Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye, with a background pattern that could be the universe and stars, or on closer inspection, flowers.Cover of the book China and the True Jesus: Charisma and Organization in a Chinese Christian Church, by Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye, with a black-and-white photo of Chinese Latter-day Saints in Victorian-era clothing in front of a white building.Cover of the book Christ and the Work of Suffering by Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye, ivory-colored block on the top quarter and a burgundy block for the remainder, with text overlaid.

 

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