In the Space Between

By Jo Lensink

Most of us don't leave because we're brave.

We leave because staying would break something inside us.

In In the Space Between, Jo Lensink explores the raw, human territory of transition-those seasons when a relationship ends, a job dissolves, a life unravels, or you realise the version of yourself you built no longer fits.

Through intimate storytelling, lyrical reflection, and piercing honesty, Lensink writes about shame and people-pleasing, fear and courage, desire and curiosity, and the strange tenderness of starting again before you feel ready. These pages move through the things we run from, the longings that pull us forward, and the fragile middle where identity reshapes itself.

Part memoir, part meditation, part companion for uncertain seasons, this is not a book of instructions. It is a mirror. A pause. A hand held out in the dark.

Spanning personal narrative and poetry, In the Space Between speaks to anyone who has ever stood at the edge of change-heart racing, unsure whether they are escaping or evolving.

It is for the leavers.

The returners.

The ones rebuilding quietly.

The ones learning to trust themselves again.

If you are here-uncertain, aching, becoming-this book is for you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0646735527
• ISBN13: 9780646735528
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Jo Lensink
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"