“Mom, when you cry, you need to drink a lot,” shouted Susanne's little sons. They were worried because first their mom was seriously ill, and then their dad passed away.

Although Susanne wandered through a land of grief, she experienced not only darkness and desolation but also light and oases - and a very special companion on her journey.

Susanne Ospelkaus recounts a year in which she herself became seriously ill and lost her husband at the age of 31. Suddenly, she was alone with her two- and four-year-old sons. Everything had changed, but the longing for life and love, lightness, and children's laughter remained.

No journey lasts forever, not even in the land of grief, and some longings are fulfilled along the way.

“Susanne Ospelkaus has not only had to overcome great losses in her life. In her own unique way of telling, she is a powerful poet. Her narrative presents striking, heartfelt, and disarmingly honest images of everyday life that nestle in the soul. 'My Journey Through the Land of Grief' touched me deeply.”
Arne Kopfermann, musician and author.