About
Ursula Mirbach has worked for many years at a Brussels-based international organisation in various administrative functions. She has left her job in 2020 to fully dedicate herself to writing prose and poetry and issued two novels in the meantime. The titles of these works are listed hereunder.
These works are/will be self-published, available on Amazon or on Goodreads for little money. They will never be up for sale to publishing houses as the author prefers to remain independent, semi-anonymous and retain control over all content for legal and personal reasons and owing to the controversial nature of the issues she writes about. They reflect the author’s personal opinions, based on her own experiences and sufferings. She has no interest in financial profit, but would rather want to share her insights and experiences with people facing similar issues.
The author is a hypersensitive introvert in need of finding peace of mind and will never show her face to the public, participate in podcasts etc. Instead, she enjoys travelling around in Northern countries, staying at places close to large bodies of water and cliffs, watching tides, waves and vessels passing by.
OTHER WORKS
REX NUMERIUS (issued in September 2022)
A young woman's liaison with a 'powerful man'. NOT 'Me Too' - in contrary, it becomes inspiring and empowering for herself. Set within the multinational environment of a large bank in the late 80ies, the novella contains reflections on cultural differences between Europeans and Americans, capitalism in general and has sexually explicit content.
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PHOENIX: 1st Act (issued in April 2021)
A young woman’s double life: steady descent into alcohol addiction whilst keeping up appearances vis-à-vis her entourage within the Brussels international environment and eventual recovery. The novel contains a critical examination of AA’s faith-based 12-step programme and an attempt to create a new 8-step programme based on philosophical teachings of antiquity.
PHOENIX: 2nd Act (to be issued around mid-March 2025)
A winding tale about accidental codeine addiction, iatrogenic benzodiazepine dependency and the troublesome path to freedom from both via a series of long-lasting, partly bizarre withdrawal effects. It questions the utility of ‘approved’ psychiatric drugs and outlines many physicians’ inability to differentiate between mental illness and side/withdrawal effects caused by psychoactive medication. Beyond that, it pleads the case for codeine, a low-potency opiate, as relief medication for post-traumatic stress disorder and as a substitute for other psychoactive medicaments (i.e. benzodiazepines) in patients experiencing severe adverse effects with them. Also featuring: the 'Ring of Power' and how it relates to the codeine addiction.
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