Revealing the Cover: Distorted Is The View

There are many ways a book meets its readers. Sometimes it begins with a question, a sentence, or an image that quietly gathers and holds the emotional world of the story.

For me, the book cover acts as clothing, but not in the fashion sense. But because each time I put my work out into the world feels like an act of undressing in public.

And so, today, I share the cover of my debut novel, Distorted Is The View.

What This Novel Holds

Set in 1980s South Africa, this is a family drama about silence, distance, and the fragile ways love survives what is not said. At its heart is a family living inside the strain of partial knowledge, each person seeing only a portion of the truth, each trying in their own way to live with what remains hidden.

The book keeps circling this question: if truth came wrapped in silence, would you still call it love? It holds betrayal, yes, but also care. It invites the reader into a private emotional space rather than warning them away.

Why This Cover Feels True

The title speaks to that inward tension: what is visible, what is obscured, and what becomes distorted when people stand too far from one another to see clearly. I love how the designer captured the feeling at the heart of this novel: the distortion created by silence, distance, and partial perspective. With its layers, folds, creases, and quiet shadows, the cover does not try to tell the whole story, but invites one to look twice.

So much went into the making of this book: tears, laughter, and years. To say I’m scited that it is almost here is an understatement. That is why finally sharing the cover feels so tender and significant.

And now, at last, here it is.