Books with author Elisabeth Winkler

Ashes by journalist Elisabeth Winkler is a memoir to her late husband, author Adrian Reid. Shortlisted for Fish Short Memoir 2013 awards, it tells the story of their meeting on the Portobello Road, and how she falls in love despite a 30-year age gap. Together for seven years, their love affair is cut short by Adrian's illness. How does a couple with young children deal with approaching death? What happens to the one who is left? This punchy, short memoir gives a vivid picture of love and loss and all its human imperfections.Elisabeth Winkler's work made the 2019 Fish long-list for Flash Fiction and Poetry.

“Though they’re there, you can’t see stars in the light. However, in the darkness, the stars shine bright.” ~Elisabeth He was born bathed in darkness. Darkness is all he knows, all he understands, and all he wants to know. But he made a mistake. It only took one night, one moment, for it all to change. He saved her when he should’ve left her alone. Saving her changed him, forever. She fell off, wanting to die, but he caught her and let her go. When he caught her the second time, he decided to keep her. Slowly, she’d find out he was never letting her go.