About the book:
How do you go on living when the most important person is no longer there?
When Kaya dies, her husband Jan suddenly finds himself alone with two children. Before her death, Kaya made him promise to wish everyone on her birthday calendar a happy birthday for a whole year. Jan doesn't like to talk, especially about his loss. But his promise forces him to turn his life upside down. He struggles through the calendar, the birthdays and his grief. And then his life unexpectedly turns upside down - no matter how much he fights it.
Full of emotion and with subtle humor, Stefanie Hansen tells of a new beginning when everything seems lost.
About the author:
Stefanie Hansen publishes historical and contemporary novels under various pseudonyms with well-known publishers. The translator and doctor of literature creates strong individual characters and tells atmospherically dense stories of love, friendship and family. A linguist and well-traveled, she feels at home in many countries, but her favorite place to write is among the old apple trees in her garden at home.