AND STILL, IT WILL BE SUMMER AGAIN - On Grief and Hope

When Sebastian Becker is twenty-eight years old, his father dies. This loss is the big bang of his life. Afterward: silence. Acoustic trauma.

Ever since, many things have felt heavy, including talking about it. Sebastian searches for words and finds: memories. It is these memories, of both bright and dark days, that bring back his voice. And as Sebastian begins to share them - speaking of buckets filled with sunflowers, of colorful socks, of green bananas, of paywalls blocking obituaries, of loving and longing - his words are clear and radiant. They all say the exact same thing: Hi Dad, I miss you.

Und es wird trotzdem wieder Sommer werden tells a story of saying goodbye. Of time standing still in moments of deepest shock. Of time that can never be recovered. Of empathy. Of being soft. Of the incomprehensible joy of being alive. Of waiting for the summer - and of the absolute certainty that this summer will come.

“This book is like sun in the winter, surprising and consoling. I wept and laughed, and when it was over, I wanted to tell all the people I hold dear that I love them. Most of all those I rarely ever tell.” Bestselling author Caroline Wahl