Stonehewer Books, June 1, 2026. 978-1069236265
Sarah Ellis’s wife had been toughing it out with MS for more than a decade when she finally received a date for a medically assisted death in Switzerland. The year of waiting brought astonishing moments of playfulness and joy. Ordinary concerns fell away. Ellis tells the story of her extraordinary sojourn in fairyland, the preparation, the journey, life in an altered state, and the return to the real world, forever changed.
Some advance appreciation:
“Sparely, with severe and tender honesty, MY YEAR IN FAIRYLAND recounts several journeys laid transparently upon one another—through love, through childhood, through death and grief. And through story. A reader feels to be a discreet and ghostly presence at the necessary bedside, and grateful for the honor.”
Gregory Maguire. Author of Wicked.
Local folks: Save the date of June 3 for a launch at The Book Warehouse, 4118 Main Street in Vancouver.
Sarah has started a substack column. It’s about (no big surprise!) what she’s reading and what she thinks about it. Check it out at: https://sarahellis381538.substack.com/
The big reveal! My new book As Glenn As Can Be is about Canadian pianist Glenn Gould. Illustrator Nancy Vo and I teamed up to present a portrait of this brilliant, odd, beloved musician.
