Into a Star

Three in the bed. One not yet born, another dead, and I'm alive. Puk is 26 years old, preparing for the birth of her second child, when her husband has a heart attack and dies. Into a Star is a luminous meditation on loss and renewal, written by Puk Qvortrup, who invites us into the hardest moments of her life and reveals a powerful thread of hope.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 27 June 2024
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Three in the bed. One not yet born, another dead, and I'm alive.

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.

Into a Star follows Puk and her young family in the first year after this tragedy, which has shattered the ordinary life she imagined for them. As the days turn to weeks and months, 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.

Into a Star is a luminous meditation on loss and renewal. 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.

Weight: 252g
Dimension: 217 x 136 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241682227