WITH YOU, I WOULD HAVE COFFEE IN HEAVEN

  • 30,000 copies sold!
  • A tribute to Mascha Kaléko, an impressive novel celebrating the life-saving power of literature.
  • A literary love letter to a great poet and to all the miracles life has to offer.

“You see, Mascha, I followed your advice: I was wise and believed in miracles.”

And it is indeed a miracle that Elisa has managed her catastrophic life so far. She shares with the poet Mascha Kaléko, whom she admires, the difficulties she has faced: her time in foster care, being homeless on Cologne’s Cathedral Square, always searching for security, which she long found only in books. But she also speaks of her deep longing for love, her fondness for thatched-roof cottages, frothy cappuccinos, books, men, friendship, and, above all, that anything is possible.

"An incredible debut! The perfect blend of poetry and punk.” Margarete Stokowski

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Hundert Augen
  • Release: 11.03.2025
  • ISBN: 978-3-498-00699-0
  • 224 Pages
  • Author: Sarah Lorenz

Awards

  • 2025: nominiert - Debütpreis des Buddenbrookhauses

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Sarah Lorenz

Sarah Lorenz , born in 1984 in Eckernförde, lives and writes in Hamburg. A trained bookseller, she is currently studying social work. Since 2023, she writes the PMS-Ultras column for  taz . Online, under the pseudonym Buchi Schnubbel, she puts a small-town’s worth of people to bed each evening.  Mit dir, da möchte ich im Himmel Kaffee trinken is her debut novel.