{"product_id":"going-south-a-road-trip-through-life-by-colin-hogg","title":"Going South A Road Trip Through Life by Colin Hogg","description":"\u003cp\u003eA road trip about memory, mateship and mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It was late afternoon and a few of us were sitting about in the sun having a drink on my birthday when the friend I've known the longest sat down opposite and looked at me like he was going to say something serious. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He was, and he got straight to it. He had health issues, he said, in a tone that put the issues word in ironic quotes. He'd been to see his doctor the previous day. He had maybe a year, he said. Maybe a bit more. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e I was so shocked by what he told me that, after an initial gasp, I said the only thing that seemed to make any sense to me in the circumstances. We should go away for a road trip, I blurted out. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He nodded as if he knew I was going to say that. Back south, he said. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Yeah, I said back to him. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e South meant Southland, where our story started, 46 years earlier. And that was the end of that conversation. Within weeks the trip was all booked and ready to roll. I felt nervous. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A road trip about memory, mateship and mortality, into the heartland of a New Zealand that still exists and still surprises. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781775540816\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43015537328191,"sku":null,"price":19.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/4280363482820.jpg?v=1773741371","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/going-south-a-road-trip-through-life-by-colin-hogg","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}