New Release
Madelaine and the Forest
Madelaine and the Forest is a remarkable book that plunges the reader into a world inhabited by poets and madmen.
Madelaine Parker is bright and funny. She has lived the life of a struggling poet and recently found commercial success without too much compromise. As she tells a press conference, she believes in happy endings. But when a central relationship crumbles, Maddie’s mind and her life start to fragment. She tries to claw back, as her subconscious becomes the landscape of her life. But the forest won’t be banished. It lives, it breathes, and it waits.
A Word From The Author
I have been writing forever but I’m thrilled to have my first novel,
Madelaine and the Forest, published this year.
I first wrote Madelaine back in 2016 (with the working title ‘where the forest prevails’) but this early draft would be almost recognisable for readers of Madelaine and the Forest. In 2020 I made rewriting the novel one of my lockdown projects. At version four I sent it off to a few trusted people for feedback, and at version seven I sent it off to be published.
Madelaine brings together many of my deepest passions in life – fairy tales, quantum and mental health. I will be doing book signings through the early months of 2023, some in book shops and some in community centres and for book reading groups. Let me know if you are interested.
Beth Wood
What Readers Are Saying
Wood herself breathes life into some wonderful, evocative characters, she lights fires with her words and paints lucid pictures with poetry. Jump in and adventure.
Andy Pullen
This novel moves way beyond the stereotypical into something almost metaphysical, in its exploration of quantum physics, fairy tales and the impact of one person’s decisions on another’s mental health.
Gayle Knowles
This head-spinning journey uniquely captures with dizzying precision what life is like on ‘the other side’ of sanity for the broken-hearted creative. A captivating read for fellow Forest wanderers, as well as their loved ones trying to call them home.
Ella Simms
It is a book that provokes us to think about the nature of reality and how we create our own stories to make sense of our lives. It evokes empathy and compassion and ultimately leaves us with a sense of hope in the human capacity for resilience and love.