Sarudzai Mubvakure

The Mirror Without Reflection Sarudzai Mubvakure

Sofia Blackwell is a passionate horticulturist who loves a plant until it flourishes. This love has spread from the thyme on her window sill to her mother's secret patch of cannabis at the bottom of the garden. So much love but unfortunately her world has not treated her in quite the same way. People have conspired to crush her spirit until when she looks in the mirror she sees no one there. Uche, the Nigerian hustler says that he never married Sofia for British papers and yet it's a wonder as to why he tried to break her. But he is just one of the many players in the game of spinning Sofia in a spider's web of lies. But then there's Michael. He bumps into her twice but she doesn't see him. He falls for her but he doesn't know where to find her. Then to his astonishment the next client that shows up in his therapy practice is her. She's looking for help. As he listens to her painful past he struggles to not cross the threshold to loving her and as the truth in her life unfolds will their struggles rob them of stepping into a love where their lives will bloom.

Themes in this book - signs of narcissism and leaving a narcissist. Verbal abuse, family and dysfunctional family.