In her second evocative and bold literary venture, From Error to Error, author and psychotherapist Monika Killeen presents a raw, poetic, and emotionally intelligent exploration of how generational trauma, personal history, and memory collide to shape the fabric of our identity. In this artful embroidery ofliterary fiction and deeply reflective memoir, the book confronts painful truths with sharp insight and courageous honesty.

Inspired by the quote from Freud — "From error to error one discovers the entire truth" — Killeen’s novel is an intricate tapestry of narrative voices, time periods, and psychological revelation. The story follows Meli, a woman tracing her life from a troubled childhood in Eastern Europe to adulthood in the UK and, ultimately, a new life in New Zealand. With each chapter, the reader is drawn deeper into Meli’s search for meaning, safety, and truth — in herself, her family, and the broken world she inherited.

The book opens with a haunting prologue: a nine-year-old child, cornered in a kitchen by her emotionally unstable father. This harrowing introduction sets the stage for a narrative that fearlessly navigates the complexities of abuse, shame, memory, and survival. Killeen’s protagonist is not a victim; she is a seeker — of knowledge, love, and self-possession.

“As a psychotherapist and as a woman, I know the value of a story with which one can identify, which is partly why I write. There are many of us out there, walking to and fro every day to the background hum of a low-level sadness and despair,” says Killeen. “This book is for anyone who grew up afraid and wondered if it was possible to live without fear. It’s a story about how we carry pain and how, through reflection and connection, we can start to neutralise its hold over us.”

Told in striking prose and informed by a deep understanding of human behavior, From Error to Error spans four decades and three continents. It is a story of borders — physical, emotional, and intellectual — and how they shape and constrain us. Meli’s journey, from a repressive upbringing in Communist Slovakia to self-reinvention abroad, mirrors the book’s wider theme: that while trauma might shape us, it does not have to define us.

Readers will be captivated by the vibrant scenes of 1990s Prague, where the young Meli searches for freedom and belonging, and later by the quiet beauty of life on a small island off the coast of New Zealand, where she tries to piece together a new life with her own family. The novel is at once global and intimate, both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on motherhood, identity, and healing.

About the Author:

Monika Killeen is a writer and psychotherapist whose work explores themes of trauma, healing, cultural identity, and the female experience. With roots in Central Europe and a life spanning several countries, Killeen brings a unique perspective.

Book Name: From Error To Error

Author Name: Monika Killeen

ISBN Number: 1968615113

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