A tale told in two halves, Gin Wigmore’s new album deals with the duality of life. 

‘Beautiful Mess’ delves into the past decade of her life and the way she navigated love, loss, divorce, parenthood, and the complex nature of rebuilding herself. 

Chris Schulz joined Jack Tame to share his thoughts on the album. 

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A tale told in two halves, Gin Wigmore’s new album deals with the duality of life.&nbsp;
‘Beautiful Mess’ delves into the past decade of her life and the way she navigated love, loss, divorce, parenthood, and the complex nature of rebuilding herself.&nbsp;
Chris Schulz joined Jack Tame to share his thoughts on the album.&nbsp;
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Jack Tame’s crisp perspective, style and enthusiasm makes for refreshing and entertaining Saturday morning radio on Newstalk ZB. News, sport, books, music, gardens and celebrities – what better way to spend your Saturdays?

Jack Tame’s crisp perspective, style and enthusiasm makes for refreshing and entertaining Saturday morning radio on Newstalk ZB.News, sport, books, music, gardens and celebrities – what better way to spend your Saturdays?

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Chris Schulz: Gin Wigmore - Beautiful Mess

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It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell  

It was the night she almost died.  

Jane Trevally, newly divorced and feeling a little lost, agrees to accompany a man she doesn't know to his house in the darkest corner of Hampstead Heath. She's offered a drink, goes in, and then - a scream and the sound of something falling upstairs - and Jane senses she's in a bad place and in danger. She runs.  

Twenty-five years later, Jane finds herself outside the same house, this time to return a small white dog who's been found near her home in the country; a dog whose owner has just been reported missing.  

A fleeting glimpse of a haunted looking woman through the window sends Jane on a mission to uncover the house's secrets - secrets more terrifying than she could have ever imagined, especially when she realises it could have been her...  

A missing woman, a dysfunctional family and dark, dark secrets... 

  

Nothing To My Name by Kangkang Li Kovacs  

Inspired by the author’s own family history, and spanning the past hundred years of Chinese history, this multi-generational family saga explores how women survive the tsunamis of history 
 
Nothing to My Name chronicles the intertwined fates of three generations of Chinese women: Ah Xue, Mimosa, and Fei. The Grandmother, Ah Xue, witnesses the rise of the Communist Revolution while earning a meager living combing the hair of the few wealthy ladies in her small fishing village. Mimosa, the Mother, grows up in the shadow of her parents’ struggles as the growing tension of the Cultural Revolution threatens to pull their family apart. And Fei Fei, the Daughter, brought up as a “boy” by her activist father, grapples with gender identity in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square massacre. 
 
Awash in the tides of societal upheaval, Ah Xue, Mimosa, and Fei Fei are all driven by the instinct to survive, weathering hardship that splinters the boundary between the personal and the political. For readers of sweeping upmarket book club fiction like Pachinko and Homegoing, Nothing to My Name is a braided history of suffering and dignity, of loss and reckoning, and of the unexpected joy that sustains family bonds. 

 

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It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell &nbsp;
It was the night she almost died. &nbsp;
Jane Trevally, newly divorced and feeling a little lost, agrees to accompany a man she doesn't know to his house in the darkest corner of Hampstead Heath. She's offered a drink, goes in, and then - a scream and the sound of something falling upstairs - and Jane senses she's in a bad place and in danger. She runs. &nbsp;
Twenty-five years later, Jane finds herself outside the same house, this time to return a small white dog who's been found near her home in the country; a dog whose owner has just been reported missing. &nbsp;
A fleeting glimpse of a haunted looking woman through the window sends Jane on a mission to uncover the house's secrets - secrets more terrifying than she could have ever imagined, especially when she realises it could have been her... &nbsp;
A missing woman, a dysfunctional family and dark, dark secrets...&nbsp;
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Nothing To My Name by Kangkang Li Kovacs &nbsp;
Inspired by the author’s own family history, and spanning the past hundred years of Chinese history, this multi-generational family saga explores how women survive the tsunamis of history&nbsp; &nbsp; Nothing to My Name chronicles the intertwined fates of three generations of Chinese women: Ah Xue, Mimosa, and Fei. The Grandmother, Ah Xue, witnesses the rise of the Communist Revolution while earning a meager living combing the hair of the few wealthy ladies in her small fishing village. Mimosa, the Mother, grows up in the shadow of her parents’ struggles as the growing tension of the Cultural Revolution threatens to pull their family apart. And Fei Fei, the Daughter, brought up as a “boy” by her activist father, grapples with gender identity in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square massacre.&nbsp; &nbsp; Awash in the tides of societal upheaval, Ah Xue, Mimosa, and Fei Fei are all driven by the instinct to survive, weathering hardship that splinters the boundary between the personal and the political. For readers of sweeping upmarket book club fiction like Pachinko and Homegoing, Nothing to My Name is a braided history of suffering and dignity, of loss and reckoning, and of the unexpected joy that sustains family bonds.&nbsp;
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Catherine Raynes: It Could Have Been Her and Nothing To My Name

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Gin Wigmore is exploring the duality of life in her new album. 

Her first studio album in eight years, ‘Beautiful Mess’ is a chronical of the last decade of her life – the highs and lows, love, loss, divorce, parenthood, and the complexities of rebuilding oneself.  

“Life is messy,” Wigmore told Jack Tame. 

“It’s not all, you know, roses and apple blossoms ... and to tell the full picture of anyone’s story, there’s gonna be beautiful parts, there’s gonna be messy parts, there’s gonna be heartache, loss, love... all of it.” 

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Gin Wigmore is exploring the duality of life in her new album.&nbsp;
Her first studio album in eight years, ‘Beautiful Mess’ is a chronical of the last decade of her life – the highs and lows, love, loss, divorce, parenthood, and the complexities of rebuilding oneself. &nbsp;
“Life is messy,” Wigmore told Jack Tame.&nbsp;
“It’s not all, you know, roses and apple blossoms ... and to tell the full picture of anyone’s story, there’s gonna be beautiful parts, there’s gonna be messy parts, there’s gonna be heartache, loss, love... all of it.”&nbsp;
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Gin Wigmore: Kiwi singer-songwriter on her new album 'Beautiful Mess'

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"Awaking to the elemental splendour of Stanley Park, the Burrard Inlet, and the North Shore Mountains, I was up early at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, buzzing with anticipation. I had a hot date with a legendary rail excursion."

"Even the most seasoned travellers agree that experiencing the Rocky Mountaineer will leave you in swirl of superlatives with its unswerving commitment to delivering the best: in hospitality, comfort, cuisine, and knock-out scenery."

Read Mike's full article.

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"Awaking to the elemental splendour of Stanley Park, the Burrard Inlet, and the North Shore Mountains, I was up early at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, buzzing with anticipation. I had a hot date with a legendary rail excursion."
"Even the most seasoned travellers agree that experiencing the Rocky Mountaineer will leave you in swirl of superlatives with its unswerving commitment to delivering the best: in hospitality, comfort, cuisine, and knock-out scenery."
Read Mike's <a href="https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/lifestyle/travel/mike-yardley-rolling-with-the-rocky-mountaineer/">full article</a>.
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Mike Yardley: Riding the rails in the Rocky Mountaineer

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Chris Schulz: Gin Wigmore - Beautiful Mess

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