“An exciting, coming-of-age journey that will make you yearn to be on your own travels.” – RUNNER’S WORLD Anna was never anything like those ‘real’ joggers on telly – all spindly limbs, tiny shorts and divide times – but when she read about New Zealand’s 3,000-kilometre-long Te Araroa Path, she begun to wonder… perhaps being truly a ‘real’ runner was overrated. Probably she could just run it in any case? Travelling alone through New Zealand’s backcountry for 148 times, she scrambled through forests, about The Slacks Of Perspective: One woman’s 3,000 kilometre running adventure through the wilds of New Zealand along ridge-lines, over hill passes, along seashores and across inflamed rivers. Running up to 52 kilometres per day, she slept outrageous most evenings, and was used into the homes and hearts from the kiwi people in between. The Jeans of Perspective is definitely a witty, colourful and at times painfully raw account of a trip to the edge of just what a female believes herself to manage to. It really is a coming-of-age tale that will lead you on the roller coaster trip through fear, vulnerability, courage and failure. For anyone that has ever dreamt of taking on a great problem, but felt as well afraid to begin – this tale is for you.