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Between I and I
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I don’t usually comment on book posts, but this stopped me in my tracks. It feels like someone put words to things I’ve never been able to say. Adding this to my TBR right now
This gave me chills. Especially the line about memories that feel more like mine than his. I already know this book is going to sit with me for a long time
It’s a mirror. A reckoning. A quiet truth you’ve spent a lifetime trying not to hear.
Thomas Elai Grayson is quiet — perhaps too quiet.
He works in a library, lives alone, and has perfected the art of going unnoticed. But when the one person who truly saw him vanishes, something within him begins to unravel — not with noise, but slowly, like a breath held for far too long.
Inside Thomas, three distinct voices emerge:
Adam – analytical, detached, composed.
Martha – gentle, intuitive, compassionate.
The Shadow – small, frightened, and silent for reasons you’ll feel before you fully understand.
What follows is a haunting and intimate exploration of a fractured identity shaped by childhood trauma — and preserved through silence.
Told not in traditional chapters, but in fragments, inner dialogues, unsent letters, and memories that feel uncannily familiar, Between I and I invites readers into an experience more than a narrative.
🖤 For those who’ve survived by concealing parts of themselves…
🖤 For those who know the weight of shame that drowns out their own voice…
🖤 For those who have longed to be seen — and feared what might happen if they were…
This book will not just speak to you.
It will stay with you.
Between I and I is not a story about madness.
It’s about what comes before — and what lingers after.
It’s about the selves we create in order to survive, and the quiet witness inside us all that refuses to be erased.
If you find something of yourself in these pages — in the silence, in the shadow, or in the softness — consider leaving a review. Stories like this don’t shout.
They wait.
Thank you for reading — and for staying.