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Journey Towards a Dream
A Novel
Beth Richards

UK Price £5.10         $9.95 in US 

This story is based on what a lot of us feel when our children flee the nest! Life is a journey. At the beginning Carol has a dream, which is something many of us have and fulfil, depending upon circumstances. The big question is—will we achieve, in the end, what starts out as a dream?

Book Description
This story happens in real life to so many people. It revolves around love, fate, and the unexpected! Carol and Noel have reached middle age, their two children having grown up and left home. Carol feels restless and wants to move away from the rat race and perhaps run a bed and breakfast or small gift shop. They encounter so many varied complications along the way, plus the arrival of a grandchild Carol adores and would miss terribly by fulfilling her idea. Is it any wonder she doubts if the “Dream” will ever materialize? Would it just remain a fantasy? It’s certainly a troubled journey, but worth following to find out the outcome!

About the author

Poetry is one of Beth Richard’s creative gifts. She also paints in oils. She believes that if one has a gift one should use it. She has written many poems on many subjects, usually related to happenings in her life and people close to her. She says: “I think very deeply and therefore what I write and what I paint comes right from my heart.” Inspirations come to her at any time. “Everything we do in life begins with just an idea,” she says, and adds, “whether we pursue it is up to us.”  Chill Out With Beth embraces her sensitive and optimistic vision for both young and old so that, in a sense, the reader has the benefit of two books in one! Parents and Grandparents can read the beguiling story in the first part to their children or grandchildren, and enjoy the poems that follow for themselves. This volume is in effect an extension of the poet’s earlier collection entitled Reflections in Verse.

Beth Richards has been writing poetry for thirty years. She was born in Marlow in Buckinghamshire, but moved to Derbyshire seven years ago, and now lives in Clowne. Journey Towards a Dream is her first novel.

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For this slim volume of poetry, Beth Richards has drawn inspiration from her own experiences to produce a thoughtful collection of verse. Although the topics vary, the over­riding message is be positive and don’t overlook, or take for granted, the many wondrous gifts in your life as you struggle over the obstacles that fate places in your path.

In this intriguing collection of sincere and heartfelt poems, Beth Richards, the “Wise Owl”, brings us more gems of wisdom that become beacons for guidance through the everyday problems and joys of life. Writing of friendship, dreams, love and destiny, her overall message in is to be positive and to appreciate the wondrous gifts in our lives.

Chill Out With Beth combines an enchanting fairy story for children with poems that are gems of wisdom and insight relevant to both young and old in the journey of life. Writing of friendship, dreams, love and destiny, her overall message in is to be positive and to appreciate the wondrous gifts in our lives.

Worlds Apart                     Poems of Contrast by Beth Richards & Charles Muller

Our price: £7.00     US price: $13.95 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 134 ISBN: 0-595-50302-0 Published: Apr-2008

Two poets - two worlds: poems of deep and humorous reflections (set in England) contrasted with poems of stark reality (set in South Africa and elsewhere).

LIGHT READING       Reflections in Poetry and Prose by Beth Richards

UK price: £8.96    US price: $16.95 Publisher: DIADEM BOOKS Format: Paperback: Perfect binding , cream interior Size : 6 x 9 (US trade) Pages: 140 ISBN: 978-0-9559852-9-4 Published: December-2008

A new collection of Beth Richards' inspiring poems and prose pieces.

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:

My aim in this book of poems and prose is to reach out to a number of readers – therefore I’ve written about many different subjects, which will almost certainly touch the hearts of many.  Maybe some of the subjects will even help someone with a similar problem in his or her life to find a solution – a form of self-help!

FOOD FOR THOUGHT is a well known phrase, often used - and this time Beth Richards hopes her latest title will give some readers just that - Food for Thought! In our present generation of the 21st Century folk are living their lives as though on a treadmill. They may be going faster and faster - but, like a treadmill, they are going nowhere fast. Time and money seem to be of the essence in everything. Primary Care Trusts are only interested in their target figures!

PROFILES OF THE AUTHOR

Profile (No.1)

I began writing poetry 30 years ago, so my small book entitled REFLECTIONS IN VERSE includes poems on many subjects usually related to happenings in my lifetime and people close to me.

Inspirations come to me at anytime. I believe that everything we do in life begins with just an idea; whether we pursue it is up to us. I will pick just one or two poems from my book. We all have a dream at some time in our lives. So "Dream Cottage" on pages 12 & 13 were my dream.

Also, many of us have a best friend. So “My Best Friend" is on page 22.
Many of us at some time in our lives have a dog. So "Pickles" on page 25 was my dog.

We can all relate I’m sure to "SECOND CHANCE" at some time in our lives. My meaning to this poem is: “We are none of us perfect.”

I would be happy for you to read and enjoy my small book, or perhaps you know someone who would like it as a small gift. If so please contact me 

Beth Richards.
Tel 01246-811558.



Profile (No.2)


I was born in Marlow, Bucks and have now retired to CLOWNE in
Derbyshire.
I began writing poetry over 30 years ago and recently had a small book
published entitled “REFLECTIONS IN VERSE".  For this I use my pseudonym
Beth Richards.

The poems are on various subjects as they related to happenings 
throughout my life and those close to me.

I believe if you have a gift you should use it.

I also paint in oils and enjoy both hobbies.

Everything we do in life begins as an idea and depends on whether we pursue it.

To read my small book and I hope enjoy it as my many friends have, or to obtain a copy, perhaps for a small gift for someone, is possible by contacting myself.

Beth Richards. Tel 01246-811558.

Profile (No.3)

For what it is worth my belief is that our lives are mapped out from the day we are born.

Therefore my poem entitled “DESTINY” “ on page 43 in REFLECTIONS IN

VERSE is my way of saying just this.

In my second book CHILL OUT WITH BETH! GEMS FOR YOUNG AND OLD there is a poem entitled “JUST A MEMORY” which is a slightly philosophical view of mine; it is on page 14.

This year after watching the Remembrance Services on T.V., I just knew I had to write a poem for this was all a part of History, so I’ve written a long poem entitled “REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY”. It came to me in what I call an inspiration, but it is really like listening to a phone call into my mind.

If my books help someone to deal with something in their life, then to me it will all have been worthwhile and give me a feeling of great achievement.

(Copyrighted to Beth Richards Jan. 2006 © )

Remembrance Sunday

  Remembrance day, another year gone by,

A time to think and remember them, they didn’t want to die,

They had to fight for King and Country, they didn’t have a choice,

They had to leave their loved ones, their thoughts they couldn’t voice,

Sixty years on, we the people remember the pain that war can cause,

But has anyone learnt from the horrors of the past, not to start these wars?

It seems not—they carry on making the same mistakes again.

Why don’t they listen, learn from the past? It’s really very plain,

For there is much anger and un-rest throughout the world today,

Uprisings, trouble, hatred and violence; there must be another way.

Each year we go on remembering the brave who fought and died,

The wives and mothers left at home, their hopes and fears they would hide.

Some came home wounded, disabled, troubled in their mind,

Some came home disfigured, some of them were blind.

No doubt next year they’ll gather once again,

Two minutes of silence to reflect and think of all the needless pain.

We can’t put right the wrongs of the past but surely can’t they see,

Just think about the consequences of any actions, think of the dying soldier’s last words,

What would they be? …  

PLEASE REMEMBER ME…  

  (Poem copyrighted to Beth Richards Nov. 2005 ©)

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