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The Pants of Perspective

One Woman's 3,000 Kilometre Running Adventure Through the Wilds of New Zealand

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The Pants of Perspective

By: Anna McNuff
Narrated by: Anna McNuff
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About this listen

"A thrilling, coming-of-age journey that will make you yearn to go on your own adventures.” (Runner's World)

Anna was never anything like those "real" runners on telly - all spindly limbs, tiny shorts, and split times - but when she read about New Zealand’s 3,000-kilometer-long Te Araroa Trail, she began to wonder...perhaps being a "real" runner was overrated. Maybe she could just run it anyway?

Travelling alone through New Zealand’s backcountry for 148 days, she scrambled through forests, along ridgelines, over mountain passes, along beaches, and across swollen rivers. Running up to 52 kilometers in a day, she slept wild most nights and was taken into the homes and hearts of the Kiwi people in between.

The Pants of Perspective is a witty, colorful, and at times painfully raw account of a journey to the edge of what a woman believes herself to be capable of. It is a coming-of-age story that will lead you on a roller-coaster ride through fear, vulnerability, courage, and failure.

For anyone who has ever dreamt of taking on a great challenge but felt too afraid to begin - this story is for you.

©2017 Anna McNuff (P)2018 Anna McNuff Running & Jogging Women Witty Inspiring Funny Heartfelt Outdoor

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Critic reviews

"Beaming with limitless ambition, positivity and enthusiasm." (Women’s Running)
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This is ace!! Great adventure, lovely writing and the narration is spot on. Oodles of enthusiasm and positivity to rekindle your love for life and humans. I laughed out loud frequently and will listen to this book again next time I need a reality check and a giggle.

Too fantabulous for words!

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Really enjoyable to listen to. Really enjoyed anna’s Narration style. Can’t wait for the audiobook version of 50 shades of the USA to come out so I can listen to that in the car

Good stuff

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absolutely loved listening to Anna's adventure as I ran around my home town imagining I was there with her.
I laughed, I cried and then I laughed some more.

A frank and hilarious tale of Anna's adventure

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loved every minute of this book, her honesty is freshing and she paints a scene that makes you want to hope on a plane and run the trail yourself.

The Bridget Jones diary for runners

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Inspiring, well written, poignant, funny, brilliant. ‘Read’ this book! Well done Anna! Just fab. Brilliant.

Epic!

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This book should come with a warning that it will make your feet itchy for adventure! A wonderful insight into a truly inspiring adventure it’s made even better by the fact Anna narrates it herself so you really feel like you are right there with her through the highs and lows. Highly recommended!

Inspiring tale of adventure

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Anna narrates the book brilliantly, her passion for adventure is contagious! Glass half full for sure! Brilliant story looking forward to more in the future!

Fabulously read and a brilliant story!

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An excellent book full of adventures, stories, troubles and friends. Makes you believe anything is possible with a bit of determination.

An adventure that I want to join

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Entertainingly brilliant book, fead delightfully by Snns. Completely recommend this book tk everyone and anyone

Loved it!!

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I laughed (repeatedly), I cried (occasionally), I loved every single moment of Anna’s incredibly inspirational story! It’s a book of dreams achieved, of hardships lived, of friendships forged and of love - love of life, people, and of course running. A story that will keep me smiling for a very long time.

If you don’t love this book, you don’t yet fully understand what it means to be human...

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