Written by: Margaret Mills
Format: Paperback
Size: 193 × 234 mm
Pages: 484
ISBN: 978-0-473-74697-1
Publisher: Pukerakau Press
Published: July 2025 / Second Edition Printed November 2025
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.
Anecdotage: The First 95 Years is the memoir of a funny and fearless New Zealand woman, and a personal record of nearly a century of New Zealand social history.
Margaret Mills is the author of the best-selling novel The Nine Lives of Kitty K (2021).
Media coverage includes the New Zealand Herald, ReadingRoom, and a TVNZ Breakfast interview with Chris Chang.
View the Production case study.
Ships nationwide.
For retailers & booksellers, please email us to arrange stock.
Download the information sheet.
Written by: Margaret Mills
Format: Paperback
Size: 193 × 234 mm
Pages: 484
ISBN: 978-0-473-74697-1
Publisher: Pukerakau Press
Published: July 2025 / Second Edition Printed November 2025
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.
Anecdotage: The First 95 Years is the memoir of a funny and fearless New Zealand woman, and a personal record of nearly a century of New Zealand social history.
Margaret Mills is the author of the best-selling novel The Nine Lives of Kitty K (2021).
Media coverage includes the New Zealand Herald, ReadingRoom, and a TVNZ Breakfast interview with Chris Chang.
View the Production case study.
Ships nationwide.
For retailers & booksellers, please email us to arrange stock.
Download the information sheet.
