Life is a Journey by Carol Fagan

This is the true story of Mairoa Downs, the Racewell brand and 3G Teak. It is a story of number eight wire inventiveness and a family that pulled together to leverage other businesses off their base. It is the story of how deceptive bank marketing almost destroyed the family. And it is a story of perseverance, family strength and the belief in off shore business contacts that enabled new beginnings.

It is also a story of unique family love and support through sickness, loss and achievement.

Paperback, 541 pages

Size 14.5cm x 21cm

The author, Carol Fagan, lives in the heart of the King Country, Te Kuiti - a region where life moves a little slower and simple pleasures are king. Te Kuiti is home to many farming families. local legends and artisans - a place where the hills tell stories. And nobody captures the unique flavour of the region like Carol, a long term resident who values and enjoys her small town country life.

Carol is a lifelong learner, a mother, grandmother and business woman. She has contributed to the development of a company with international identity well above the small foot of that company. This book is Carol's personal story, dedicated to her family in an attempt to make sense of the senseless. The closing remarks in the book summarises her ethos...

I know now that we don't get over great losses; we absorb them and they carve us into different, often kinder creatures.