A Runner's Guide to Rakiura
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&8220AMillennial New Yorker, a Stewart Island fisherman, and a WW II veteran walk into a bar...&8221Mauie&8217son the run &8211from New York and from her past &8211but she runs headlong into her future when she ends up on Rakiura Stewart Island on assignment to cover Aotearoa New Zealand&8217ssouthernmost running trails. Or, as her new fisherman friend Vil puts it: &8220Givng brainless bucket-listers hard-ons for islands like mine.&8221Shequickly becomes absorbed into island life and once she hears tales of buried treasure, Maudie embarks on a dogged pursuit of the truth.Maudie doesn&8217tcut a convincing detective figure. She&8217san erratic, impulsive, semi-alcoholic millennial, but nothing breaks her stride as she wades into the world of laconic locals and dune grass politics. Welcome to a tale of romance, adventure, and a treasure hunt which will take you through decades and landscapes, from the beaches of Rakiura Stewart Island to the battlefield of Monte Cassino, to postwar Paris, to the Twin Towers rebuild. A Runner&8217sGuide to Rakiura is playful, funny, and romantic, and like any good treasure hunt, there will be reckonings, redemptions, and yes&8230there will be treasure.