Bollix
When life isn't all it's craic'd up to be
$35.10
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2026
Summary
Northern Irish-born, Kiwi by choice, Nic’s lived through cancer, the death of her three-year-old daughter Kenzie, Parkinson’s, and a heart transplant - yet, somehow, she still gets up swinging.
Out of that chaos came Kenzie’s Gift, the charity she founded to help children and young people whose parent or sibling has died or is seriously ill. Two decades on, it’s supported thousands across New Zealand.
Bollix is Nic’s no-nonsense and, at times, darkly funny memoir of s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776891870 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1776891872 |
| Author: | Nic Russell |
| Publisher: | David Bateman Ltd |
| Imprint: | David Bateman Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 650g |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
‘If it were fiction you’d think it unbelievable.’ -Hilary Barry
‘Real health has been described not as the absence of disease, but as the will to overcome every form of adversity and use even the worst of circumstances as a springboard for growth and development. No patient I have cared for expresses those sentiments more than Nic.’ -Professor Dr. Jonathan Christiansen
Nic Russell
NIC RUSSELL is the inspiring founder and CEO of Kenzie’s Gift, a registered charity in Aotearoa, New Zealand dedicated to supporting children and young people affected by serious grief. A two-time winner of the New Zealand Local Hero award. She is Irish by birth and Kiwi by choice. Her life includes a heart transplant, mate pukupuku (cancer), Parkinson’s, the death of her young daughter Kenzie, and building a national charity from her kitchen table.
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