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In the far south of New Zealand, in the remote Fiordland village of Manapouri, Ruth Shaw runs two tiny bookshops. In this memoir, she weaves together stories of the characters who visit her shops, musings about favourite reads, and bittersweet stories from her full and varied life, which has been crammed with incredible escapades. After becoming the first New Zealand Wren to go AWOL, Ruth has sailed the Pacific for years, been boarded by pirates, and worked the yacht Breaksea Girl with her husband Lance.

AM ENDE DER WELT, GANZ WEIT IM SÜDEN NEUSEELANDS, steht ein winzig kleiner Buchladen. Er gehört einer Frau mit einer unfassbaren Lebensgeschichte: Ruth Shaw verlor ihr Kind und ihre große Liebe. Sie segelte jahrelang über den Pazifik, wurde von Piraten überfallen, wegen Glücksspiel verhaftet, war Streetworkerin und Köchin für einen Erzbischof. Heute verkauft sie Bücher im abgelegenen Fiordland. Oder verschenkt sie. In ihren Memoiren verwebt sie Anekdoten über die Menschen, die ihren Buchladen besuchen, mit den bittersüßen Geschichten aus ihrem abenteuerlichen Leben.

Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World picks up Ruth's story with more charming, heartbreaking, brave and funny tales. Having found the love of her life, Lance, she tells of their sailing adventures together, world travels, conservation efforts and their wee bookshops. Life has never been easy for Ruth but, despite that, her book is chock full of extraordinary people and situations, many of them laugh-out-loud funny. Tales from the bookshops are interwoven with Ruth's story, along with expert book recommendations.

Dogs of all shapes and sizes visit Ruth Shaw's three wee bookshops in Manapōuri in the far south of Aotearoa New Zealand. Local dogs, holiday house dogs, travelling dogs – many have great stories, be they funny, sad, strange, bemusing, quirky or sweet. Woven throughout are tales of the very special Hunza, the dog who worked with troubled teens alongside Shaw when she was a youth worker.