Join the Mathisen family on one of New Zealand’s most breathtaking working farms as they navigate a full year of seasonal shifts and high-country challenges.

Featuring 30 favorite recipes from the station’s kitchen, this book highlights the vital role of food and hospitality in the historic Awakino homestead.

It is an inspiring look at life on the land, blending the beauty of North Otago with the practical joys of sustainable rural living.

From bestselling author and TED speaker Dr Lucy Hone comes a timely and much-needed guide to surviving the silent epidemic of living loss - the kind that follows divorce, illness, estrangement, redundancy, infertility or any other life upheaval.