Trapped In Our Shadows

Trapped in our Shadows is an emotional tour de force about the stolen identities of a mother and 9-year-old her daughter. Written in third person by businesswoman, wife and multiple award-winning author Victorine Mbong Shu, this inviting read is grounded on two mothers who are torn apart because one betrays, humiliates and consistently copies the other. The act of copying reaches fever pitch when the same friend’s 7-year-old daughter starts to consistently copy the victim’s daughter as well. In this book, extreme imitation is not flattery and repeat duplication is sinister. The levels of betrayal between the two Cameroonian families in Johannesburg is hard to fantom. Unfortunately, the two women are being referred to as doubles and their daughters are being confused with each other.