A richly illustrated collection of anecdotes from the life of a 95-year-old Waiheke novelist and adventurer. Margaret Mills threw snowballs at Ed Hillary; danced in the streets on VJ day; worked for a bookie; ran a Queenstown B&B; raised four children; crewed on the Rainbow Warrior (and escaped from the bomb with minutes to spare); rode her horse Lucky on a long peace march and sailed to Greenland. Her life has been buffeted by tragedy and lifted by romance — and she’s learned a thing or two along the way. The memoir of a funny and fearless New Zealand woman, and the personal record of nearly 100 years of New Zealand social history.