Please Don’t Walk In And Misunderstand

Spanning nine months of a surrogate pregnancy between best friends, Please Don’t Walk In And Misunderstand is a novel that opens us to the inner, anxious world of Sophie, a life-long caretaker to her older, Polish immigrant parents who settled in America in an old mill neighborhood on the outskirts of Philadelphia after the Second World War. Already weighed down by her parents’ needs and hoarding tendencies, Sophie and the intended mother, Teresa, find themselves untangling from generations of trauma while creating this new life. Told in a minimalist, poetic style, this novel touches upon the nuanced issues found within caretaking, possession, and finding one’s true sense of self. With humor and brevity, Please Don’t Walk In And Misunderstand delivers a moving story of soul growth and generational healing that will touch anyone who has sought to rise from the ashes of family trauma to find peace and their true purpose in life.