Beth Mead

The Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards Autobiography of the Year 2023Fully updated paperback edition, with two new chaptersBeth Mead is one of the world's most talented footballers - Golden Boot winner and Player of the Tournament at the UEFA Euro 2022, England Player of the Year 2021-22, Arsenal Player of the Season 2021-22, and nominee for the 2022 Ballon d'Or. But long before this, Beth was just an ordinary kid from Hinderwell, North Yorkshire who wanted to play football. Now, Beth shares the challenges that shaped her, what she faced on the journey to the top, and the life events that made her stronger - from being dropped from the England squad and receiving devastating family news, to finding her best form under the guidance of Jonas Eidevall and Sarina Wiegman. Filled with positive lessons and an exclusive account of England's triumphant Euros campaign, Beth offers readers of all ages a heartfelt, behind-the-scenes look into her remarkable journey to glory. Empowering, inspirational and honest, this is Beth's story. This paperback edition has been fully updated to include the details of the 2022-23 season, Beth's ACL injury and her recovery, her thoughts on the 2023 Women's World Cup, as well as overcoming devastating personal challenges and how this has made her even stronger.

*WINNER of the Charles Tyrwhitt Children's Sports Book of the Year 2024*INSPIRE YOUNG FOOTBALL FANS TO DREAM BIG WITH ENGLAND SUPERSTAR BETH MEAD. Football hero Beth Mead grew up as a normal kid playing football on the pitches of North Yorkshire. She is now a football champion and one of the most talented footballers in the world, with accolades including Golden Boot (UEFA Euro 2022), England Player of the Year 2021-22, Arsenal Player of the Season 2021-22 and nominee for the 2022 Ballon d'Or. In this inspiring guide, she tells her amazing story to young football fans while sharing her tips for dreaming big and excelling in the sport they love. From having fun and staying positive, to working as a team, setting goals and flicking the superstar switch, sport has the magic to help boys and girls feel confident in all areas of their life - both on and off the pitch. In ROAR, readers will discover how, while picking up Beth's football secrets and empowering advice. Written with bestselling author of the Ultimate Football Heroes and Unbelievable Football series, Matt Oldfield

Like the chalk and pastel drawing of a "Fractured Girl" hanging above a fireplace, "fragments of her delicate frame scattered across the canvas," Beth Mead's powerful book of stories and flash fiction, Dancing Madly, renders the fractured lives of characters leading lives of desperate quiet, showing us "the messiness of life, how broken we all are." -Lex Williford, author of Superman on the RoofIn Dancing Madly, Beth Mead explores familial, romantic, and self love. She dives bravely beneath the surface to reveal anxiety, doubt, guilt, and the pain that comes with love, and she does so with a light touch, often using a wickedly dark humor and deceptively simple situations. -Mary Troy, author of Swimming on Hwy NBeth Mead's collection is a down-to-earth meditation on the elusive nature of happiness. Some of the stories are grim, even harrowing. Others offer hope. All of them will make you a wiser person about the lives of others.-David Carkeet, author of The Full CatastropheIn Beth Mead's stories, as in our own, human relationships are conditional, negotiable, and so knotty we can't tell whether we are fooling ourselves or being fooled. The characters in Dancing Madly are learning to limit their hopes and expectations. This lesson terrorizes some and hardens or saddens others. Still others emerge as from a chrysalis. -Catherine Rankovic, author of Meet Me: Writers in St. LouisMead is a master of gorgeous, matter-of-fact fragment and moment, whether she's operating in traditional short fiction or something more akin to prose poem. Loss can be reduced to an umbrella given as a gift during the height of love. -Eve Jones, author of Bird in the Machine