Into a Star
Puk is 26 years old, preparing for the birth of her second child, when her husband has a heart attack while out running. She leaves their toddler with a friend and dashes to the hospital, where Lasse lies unresponsive in a coma. He dies a few hours later. This follows Puk and her young family in the first year after this tragedy, which has shattered the ordinary life she imagined for them. Puk's second son is born, her sister moves in, her relationship with her in-laws fractures and evolves. She reckons daily with her memories of Lasse: how they met and fell in love, their adventures, their dreams for the future. And she navigates the miraculous, brutal, overwhelming days of early parenthood alone. With remarkable dignity, candour and attention to human detail, Puk Qvortrup invites us into the hardest moments of her life. And she reveals, amid the devastation, a powerful, life-affirming thread of hope.
  • Publisher: Hamish Hamilton UK
  • Publication date: 27/06/2024
  • ISBN: 9780241682227
  • Page extent: 208
  • Format: Paperback
  • Dimensions: 216 mm x 135 mm
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