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Chartwell Library

Lynden Court, Hamilton

Friday 7 August

12.30pm

 

 

Robin (Robby) Robilliard has recently published her memoir, Hard Country,

which reflects on her life with husband Garry and their family in the isolated

Golden Bay, at the very tip of the South Island, far away from family and

friends. When they arrived there in 1957 it was a very different place to the

vibrant and richly diverse community there is today.

 

In Hard Country, Robby begins by bravely asking herself whether she

would have chosen the same life, having known just how hard it was

actually going to be.

 

“The extraordinary beauty of this Golden Bay region feeds my soul

daily” says Robby. “Living in such isolation behind the great Takaka

Hill has forced many of us who live here to do things, achieve things

that we may never have done in a more conventional area.”

 

It had been the Robilliard’s dream to have their own farm, and

despite the odds, this is where they remain to this day, over 50

character-building years later.

 

Robin's event is supported by The Friends of the Library and Poppies Bookshop

who will have books for sale and signing.

Robin Robilliard

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