When East Meets West

By Katie Suzanne Dryden

A story told through the conversations between Psychiatrist: Victoria Green, and client: Abigail, switching unsteadily between Cairo and London, past and present, this unique and intriguing tale explores the highly complex yet enthrallingly, wild relationship between one man and two women. Mohamed and Leila; both from Egypt and both in love, lure Abi, a young yet unstable English woman, into their web of lust, desire and crazy dreams for the future. Each push the boundaries far and beyond, going to great lengths to hold it together and ‘make it work’ despite the tension; the mental breakdowns and finally an attempted suicide.

This is a story filled with intense emotion; bitter pain and burning heartache from beginning to end and will leave behind the deepest of scars.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley
• Release date: Mar 12, 2018
• ISBN: 9781370303434

Katie Suzanne Dryden

Katie Suzanne Dryden was born in South Yorkshire, England, though could not be any ‘less English’, for each country she has travelled to has left its’ mark within her, creating a unique and iridescent individual. Though fiction, When East Meets West was inspired by real life events: the fall; the survival and the continuous struggle of a young woman battling with mental health issues.