Heaven is a Place on Earth - Eight Years of My Life

Published in 1989 by Collins NZ.

Valerie Davies' account of her years in a small rural community south of Auckland that she calls Te Kore (Nowhere), has elements of just about everything. Her story illustrates vividly the tensions which can exist between 'townies', as they are often regarded, and the rural folk who live off the land.
The book is also a record of Valerie Davies' journey of self-discovery and the final recognition that the resolution to the negative aspects of life lay within herself.