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Author: Valerie Millington
Format: Trade Paperback C Format
Publication date: 24/10/2024
Imprint: FRASER BOOKS
ISBN: 9781991164469
Valerie Millington has written a powerful and moving biography of her remarkable mother, Ellen, who grew up “on” Denniston, the coal mining township on top of a West Coast mountain in New Zealand’s South Island.
Suddenly, everything dramatically changed when 17-year-old Ellen was tragically injured, in an incident on ‘The Hill’.
Ellen spent three years in hospital enduring over 30 operations as doctors fought unsuccessfully to mend her injuries. She returned to Denniston, the ‘disabled girl.” Then, while living at an intimidating institution complex in Auckland, she fell in love with Les, a tutor who worked there.
They married, had children and eventually moved to the small village of Ohaupo in the Waikato. It was here that she was to play an important role, for which she received awards and accolades, in helping develop the National Fieldays at Mystery Creek into a multi-million dollar export earner for New Zealand. It is an inspiring story about how find ways through the darkest of days, of how Ellen developed the thinking skills that allowed her to develop a mindset that resulted in a long, happy and productive life.
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