Beat till Stiff - A Woman's Recipe for Living

Penguin Group (NZ) Ltd, Auckland, 2011. May have faded spine, previous owner's name on front endpaper.

Beating egg whites till they're stiff is a metaphor for life - just when you thought your existence would never be more than flaccid transparent snot, something happens to turn it into tight white light. Once a counsellor, nurse and cook and now a writer, television presenter and all-round fabulous woman, Mathias is the quee of transformation. In this book she shares lessons learnt in her pilgrimage through life...