Ashes: a memoir to my husband

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.