Odyssey of Ashes: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Letting Go

Odyssey of Ashes is a memoir of love, loss, and letting go, following Cheryl Krauter's journey after her husband's sudden death. Part I explores grief, while Part II recounts humorous adventures and the creation of an altar during Los Días de los Muertos. It is a poetic and mythological exploration of loss and transformation.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 168 pages
Publication date: 20 July 2021
Publisher: She Writes Press

Odyssey of Ashes: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Letting Go
Begins with the sudden death of Cheryl Krauter's spouse. Five months later, in a stroke of irony and magic, her husband wins a long-desired guided fly fishing trip in a raffle—and Cheryl decides to go in his place, fulfilling a promise to scatter his ashes by a trout stream.

Part I of this memoir is an account of the first year after Cheryl's husband's death, where she becomes an explorer in the infinite stream of grief and loss, a time traveler between the darkness of sorrow and the light of daily life. Part II concludes with stories of the poignant and humorous adventures she had during the ensuing year. Tying it all together and woven throughout is Cheryl's account of the creation of an altar assembled during the three-day ritual of Los Días de los Muertos.

Poetic and mythological, Odyssey of Ashes is a raw story of loss and the deep transformation that traveling through darkness and returning to light can bring.

Weight: 228g
Dimension: 139 x 214 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781647421328