Torn Between Two Worlds: This Side of Hope

By Felistas Dawood

Torn Between Two Worlds: This Side of Hope
A Story of Belonging, Becoming, and the Long Road Home

Linda Mwikali thought she had outrun her past. A widow, a mother of three, and now married to a respected doctor in Massachusetts, she should feel safe. Settled. Whole. But beneath the surface of her new life lies a simmering storm of unhealed wounds, buried trauma, and cultural dislocation.

When a break-in shatters the fragile peace of their home, old fears resurface-fears that trace back to her childhood in rural Kenya, where violence was met with silence and survival meant becoming invisible. As Linda begins to unravel, so do the lives of her teenage triplets-each struggling in their own way to navigate identity, grief, and growing up between cultures.

This Side of Hope is a raw and redemptive portrait of one woman's journey to reclaim her voice, protect her children, and finally make peace with the ghosts that followed her across oceans. Weaving past and present, love and loss, this novel explores what it means to mother through trauma, to start over when you're already broken, and to find belonging not in a place-but in truth.

Perfect for readers of memoir-style fiction that is emotional, bold, and deeply human.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FL6PY1LW
• ISBN13: 9798296490049
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"