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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