Penguin New Zealand Titles for October 2011

The Kindness of Your Nature by Linda Olsson
$40.00 | Penguin | 3 October 2011 | 9780143566069

Marion Flint lives alone on the wild west coast of New Zealand's North Island. One day she meets a small boy, Ika, on the empty, rugged beach, and an unlikely friendship begins between the Swedish doctor and the solemn child with webbed feet and a fear of being touched.

As Marion's involvement with Ika deepens she is forced to revisit her own lonely childhood in Sweden, where neglect and a destructive home environment had deadly consequences. But Marion's most deeply buried hurt is that she had to lose the love of her life twice over.

As Marion and Ika grow closer, both begin to learn that human closeness can heal as well as destroy, and when it looks like Ika might have to return to his dysfunctional family, Marion must fight for him to stay with her - for his sake and hers.

Julie Le Clerc’s Favourite Cakes by Julie le Clerc
$50.00 | Penguin | 3 October 2011 | 9780143565826

The cakes in this book are Julie’s tried and true favourites — the ones she comes back to time and time again. Many she’s been making since childhood, like her mum’s sponge recipe. Others she’s made hundreds and possibly thousands of times over the years in her café kitchen, to the great satisfaction of her customers. Now she’s happy to share these recipes with you and provide pleasure to all who enjoy a little sweetness in life.

Alongside all the recipes Julie happily shares with you her own hard-won baking advice. These are invaluable hints she has picked up from a lifetime spent creating cakes, both in a commercial café setting and at home.

The Tui NZ Flower Garden by Rachel Vogan
$50.00 | Penguin | 3 October 2011 | 9780143565536

As well as an A–Z section on New Zealand flowers covering plant care and maintenance, this essential book includes sections on:
•    choosing the right flowers for the right place
•    annuals, bulbs, perennials, roses, climbers, natives and wild
•    flowers
•    edible flowers, flowers for fragrance, flowers for children
•    flowers to attract birds, flowers for drying, flowers for weddings
•    and flowers for remembrance
•    tips for flower arranging
•    a flower colour guide

Love at the End of the Road: Finding my Heart in the Country by Rae Roadley
$40.00 | Penguin | 3 October 2011 | 9780143566755

Rae Roadley is a New Zealand journalist not long back from the United States when she meets and falls in love with Northland farmer Rex Roadley at Table for Six, a rural dating service.

Rex farms on the family property at Batley, on the Kaipara Harbour, where these days the only evidence of the spot’s fascinating historic past is a magnificent two-storeyed villa standing alone on the point. Neither Rae nor Rex are youngsters, and their love affair and developing relationship goes through many twists and turns before eventually, five years later, they marry — on their own, in the Whangarei Registry Office.

Seasons: A Journey through the NEW ZEALAND Garden by Jack Hobbs & Sally Tagg
$55.00 | Penguin | 3 October 2011 | 9780143566083

A journey through the garden showcases a startling array of
plants and their ever-changing forms and colours.

Photographer Sally Tagg spent three years capturing seasonal displays of flowers and plants at Auckland’s Botanic Gardens. The result is a stunning collection of photographs that celebrates the diverse beauty of the garden world.

No-Fuss Fitness : Your Guide to Working Out in the Real World by Lee-Anne Wann
$35.00 | Penguin | 3 October 2011 | 9780143566175

This book is for real people who simply want the opportunity to be healthy, have fun and live life the way they choose to live it.

In No-Fuss Fitness, TV fitness guru Lee-Anne Wann shows you how easy it can be to include fitness in everyday activities so you see results. With a realistic, achievable approach, Lee-Anne offers solutions for sustainable health benefits. And for those who have tried and failed in the past to achieve health and weight-loss goals, Lee-Anne also demonstrates how important it is to understand your own body before you can reach your goals.