Driftwood by Beth Mitchum

Driftwood

Beth Mitchum

Driftwood is a book about transformation. It tells that story of Rita Capri, a woman who feels compelled to set sail into uncharted waters in the midst of her own stormy sea of a life. Leaving a dissatisfying marriage of convenience was only the beginning of her life’s journey into more authentic and honest living. She woke up from her life of sleepwalking to find that she had the power to choose how she lived, who she loved, and what she could do to build her own life in a new way. This is a story about one woman, but it offers a glimpse into how each of us can and does make our own decisions about how we live, even if that choice involves acquiescence to societal and cultural expectations rather than choices based on our own dreams and desires.

From the Author

‘I knew from the moment I spotted her on the beach that my life would never be the same. I don’t know what it was exactly that drew my attention to her. Yet I knew instinctively that she was it–the catalyst. I was forever changed before the first ‘hello.”

This 1st paragraph of the story is critical to understanding that the protagonist, Rita, was already preparing herself for metamorphosis. She was ready for her life to be different than it had been up to this moment in time. What that difference would entail, she had no idea, but she knew that it was tied to the woman she meets on the beach.

Driftwood is a story with its own story behind it. The seed of the story was planted one day when I was walking on the Oregon Coast (just north of Cannon Beach, the setting for the novel). On this particular weekend trip to the beach, I picked up a well-tumbled small piece of driftwood. It was smooth and had interesting bends and twists in it. It had a story to tell me. Driftwood is that story.

Since it was first published in 2000, I’ve been contacted by people around the globe telling me that the story touched them deeply. People from all walks of life have been helped through their particular time of transition by reading this book. It has even launched a few people on their own journey of self-discovery.

Driftwood is a story about transformation. As humans, we all change and grow. If we don’t grow, we wither and die. The consequences of changing are not always easy, and the ways in which we grow and change are infinite, but change is part of the human condition. Embracing life changes is what allows each of us to be transformed into the beautiful butterfly we are meant to be.

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