Der große schwarze Vogel

 
When Ben and his younger brother Karl wake up on a sunny October day, their mother is dead. Her heart stopped suddenly and so did the family’s life together. Ben, Karl and their father each react in a different way. Flashbacks give insights into the family’s life before the mother’s death and into the mother‘s love for life. The memories enable Ben to move on and to find a way of living with his grief.
In her masterful novel Stefanie Höfler tells us about death, and in a unique way about life at the same time. Winner of 2019 Kranichstein Youth Literature Grant and nominated for 2019 German Children’s Literature Award.