{"product_id":"kaleidoscope-josephine-chadwick-9781948858557","title":"Kaleidoscope: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKaleidoscope: Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eare sketches of people and places that have left a deep impression with author Josephine Chadwick. Her poetry collection was written over the last twenty-five years, and most of the 24 poems each fit on less than a page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I worked in a government employment exchange from leaving school to getting married, and have always lived in the North of England. I moved from Manchester to Sheffield, when I married a steelworker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"We brought up six children and I have always been happy as a homemaker and mother. I live very happily in a garden suburb on the border of a national park. I like music and books and the theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"My late husband and I used to go rambling, but I can't walk far now. This is my first book and my last!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBreaking Free\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCame an exotic bird to my quiet bower\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsked: Is there anywhere you'd rather be?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou could see birds of paradise, rare flowers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr explore coral reefs beneath the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'll fly you anywhere ... say Mandalay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr sail around the timeless isles of Greece\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevel in the excitement of Bombay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr in Tibet find spiritual peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo! All the world to choose from - how surreal!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaleidoscopic, spins your head round. I tried imagining\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehow it would feel ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeone like me who needs family around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFear of the unknown led me to refuse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd restless now I sit bemused.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Josephine Chadwick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 194885855X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948858557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Strategic Book Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.08d","brand":"Josephine Chadwick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486477791487,"sku":"9781948858557","price":9.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_90b81a52-97cd-4b6e-8780-ca9d1e6ff6d1.jpg?v=1778055634","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kaleidoscope-josephine-chadwick-9781948858557","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}