The autobiographical edition covers the period from childhood in Malorechenske through the Eurovision victory and the full-scale invasion.
The memoir 'I Will Return' (Vivat, 2026) is the first autobiography of Susana Jamaladynova. The edition covers the period from the artist's birth in Bishkek in 1983 to her performance at the Mariinsky Palace in March 2026. Special attention is given to the history of the Jamalayev family — the 1944 deportation, exile life in Central Asia, and the return to Crimea in 1989. The book is illustrated by Susanna Yagyelo, the noted Ukrainian illustrator of Crimean Tatar origin. The foreword was written by former First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska. A separate chapter is dedicated to the period between 24 February 2022 and the Glastonbury Festival performance in June 2022 — how the artist battled her own depression and prepared her musical response to the full-scale invasion. Release is scheduled for 1 June 2026. Initial print runs — 12,000 hardcover copies plus a parallel ebook release. All royalties will be donated to the Crimean Tatar Resource Centre. Presentations will take place in Kyiv (Book Arsenal), Lviv (Meridian Czernowitz), Odesa (Green Wave), and Warsaw as part of the Big Book literary festival.
