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Narrator

Ayesha Gibson

Ayesha Gibson began her career as a teenage tree in Beauty and The Beast for Fame Theatre Company and it has only gone up from there. On stage she has completed 5 seasons as Alice in Alice in Wonderland for Australian Shakespeare company, toured the new Australian comedy Highly Flammable Love to the Adelaide Fringe, and played Ellie in Bitten By productions revival of The Critic. Behind the scenes she recently directed Melbourne Shakespeare Company’s production of King Lear. In addition to her work on the stage she has made strides forward in film with recent credits including Avocado Toast (Oscar Thornburg), Spreadsheet (Paramount), and Savage River (ABC). She has also worked in VoiceOver, most recently as the voice of Fed Square’s 2020 docuseries. Ayesha is a 2016 federation university arts academy graduate and is represented by Ian White Management.

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Title:

A Forager’s Life: Finding my heart and home in nature

Written by:

Helen Lehndorf 

Read by:

Ayesha Gibson 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

8 

Duration:

8 hours 40 minutes 

Published:

January 28 2024 

Available Date:

January 28 2024 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9781038662842 

Genres:

Non-fiction; Memoirs 

Publisher:

Bolinda audio 

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Price

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AUD$ 49.95

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New Zealand author

A memoir about belonging and motherhood, told through the author's lifelong passion for wild food.

When Helen Lehndorf moves to the city after a childhood living off the land in rural Taranaki, she can't help but feel different from her peers and professors. She finds solace in long walks foraging weeds and plants along the river, but something inside her still longs for home. Chasing a feeling of ancestral belonging, she travels to England with her new husband. There they learn about nature as the commons, shared between all who encounter it - a source of delight, food, medicine. An unexpected pregnancy in Aotearoa changes everything, and motherhood takes over Helen's identity. When her son is diagnosed with autism, foraging becomes a space for selfhood in a chaotic world. Weaving memoir with foraging recipes, principles and practices, A Forager's Life is an intimate story and a promise that, with the right frame of mind, much can be made of the world around us.

'Wonderful. A story that will have you looking at your neighbourhood with new intent.'
Wendyl Nissen, author of Natural Care

'Fascinating and really beautiful ...'
RNZ Afternoons