BETWEEN TWO TIDES: A Novel Inspired by True Events

Between Two Tides is a quiet, powerful novel about the invisible weight of early motherhood—and the moments that almost break us before we learn how to hold.Elara has just given birth to twins. Her body knows what to do. Her life does not.As the days blur into cycles of feeding, tracking, and surviving on fragments of sleep, she begins to feel something she cannot explain—a growing distance between who she is and what is being asked of her. Love is immediate and undeniable. But it does not come alone.Told in intimate, emotionally precise prose, this story captures the quiet realities few people speak about: the mental load, the unseen labor, the strain on identity, and the fragile space between holding everything together and coming undone.This is not a story about failure.It is a story about what it costs to keep showing up—and what it means to remain when nothing feels certain. Read more