Behind the Mirror asks: What if the version of you holding it all together… is the one you finally need to leave behind?
This is therapeutic fiction at its core—where emotional healing collides with high-functioning burnout, generational trauma, and a fourth marriage on the brink.
Julie Sloan spent her life performing: polished professional, chronic overfunctioner, master of pretending things were fine.
Wife of the year? Not exactly. More like emotionally unavailable in heels.
After a near-breakdown in her fourth marriage, she hits a truth she can’t ignore: she’s spent her whole life chasing love and worthiness—because deep down, she never believed she was enough.
It wasn’t betrayal that shook her. It was the quiet realization that she’d never
truly lived for herself.
What follows isn’t a breakdown—it’s a breakthrough. The kind of literary fiction that awakens us, dismantling survival patterns and making space for raw, messy, deeply human truths.
Now, years later, Julie has the life everyone applauds: a thriving nonprofit, a glowing reputation, and the whole redemption arc. But when a journalist comes knocking, Julie tells the story she’s never shared—the one about how she stopped abandoning herself to keep everyone else comfortable.
For anyone who’s ever looked like they had it all together while quietly falling apart—for those who’ve felt not good enough, not lovable enough, not enough—this novel is women’s fiction with depth: real, relatable, and redemptive.
More than a story, Behind the Mirror is literary fiction with therapeutic insight—an invitation for readers drawn to novels of emotional self-discovery, trauma healing, and awakening.
Behind the Mirror “an earnest book of self-discovery” that “might inspire those seeking to leave their own Slygores behind so they can truly shine.” The review highlighted the book’s heartfelt exploration of healing and self-worth, noting its emotionally grounded, introspective storytelling.
Blue Ink Review