Patricia Beynen

Writing a Romance Book turns out to be the fun end of the writing spectrum! In the new series “The Wives and Daughters of the Late Tommy Parsons” you’ll meet the women he left behind, each building a life for themselves. The first is Parson’s Manor, about Maggie, the first wife, and mother of three of his children. Next, read about Molly, the daughter of that marriage. Then Sarah, daughter of the second marriage, followed by Sonya, the second wife. We’ll see what happens after that.

The non-fiction books for older adults (and their kids and allies) like Genteel Walking, the Big R books, 50 Great Discussion Topics and 50 Great Skits, are full of ideas for retirement. Resilience is key. And so is preparation…as seen in Keeping Track, Info Your Parents Need to Manage and Share, the latest book.

In writing fiction for the teen and young adult worlds, Patricia looks at the challenges girls face, and admires how they rise to difficult occasions, using imagination, hard work, and the support of their allies to help them through life’s tough moments. Tina, in Goldmine House, has no idea what skills she has, and how she will handle the issues in front of her. She learns quickly. My Dutch Summer takes Tina to a new world, or really, the Old World to learn about her people, and share in a Dutch tragedy a little too personally. Tina’s next adventure introduces her to high school, and to the dilemmas of undocumented immigration. In Checking In, Tina and her friends muddle through remote schooling during the national Covid pandemic, with the life and death threat all too close.

In Creative Non-Fiction, read about real people, real events, and imagined conversations. What was life like in 1910 for a young Irish-American girl working in a hat factory? Or earlier, in Lincoln Massachusetts, how did it feel to grow up, marry, raise children, and grow old, in a world that started with the ratification of the US Constitution in 1789, and continued right through train rides from Boston to New York City. For more recent, World War 2 history, read “I Remember the Time” about a Dutch boy’s life in a Japanese concentration camp in Indonesia. From the First Glance is the love story of the year in 1939, when a lot of other big things were happening as well.

Patricia currently writes in Philadelphia, less than 100 miles from her birthplace, but between then and now she’s lived in three countries and seven states,

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