The Boy from Gorge River: From New Zealand's remotest family to the world beyond
**The number-one bestseller**
The story of how an extraordinary childhood shaped an extraordinary life
On the West Coast of the South Island, past deep fiords and snow-capped mountains, Chris Long grew…
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