Catherine Raynes: The Vanishing Place and Become Unstoppable

The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin   

A child who ran from the forest. 
A woman who must return to it 
 
Growing up with her younger siblings in the unforgiving New Zealand bush, Effie believed their parents had cut them off from civilization because they loved Nature. She never suspected that their reasons might be more menacing. After witnessing a terrifying episode of violence, she escaped the wilderness to forge a life for herself halfway across the globe. 
 
Now, when she learns the only witness to a murder is a little girl who looks just like her, Effie is compelled to return to the scene of her troubled childhood, where the secrets of her upbringing and the terrors of her past come rushing back to the surface. In order to find out once and for all what became of her family—and possibly help this mysterious girl who could be her younger self—Effie must face her greatest fears once more. 

  

Become Unstoppable by Gilbert Enoka  

In a career spanning almost three decades, visionary psychological coach, Gilbert Enoka, changed the way the All Blacks played their game. With a 77% winning record in test match rugby, the highest of any professional sports team, they are the only international team to have a winning record against every opponent. That is only possible because they leave no part of their preparation to chance. Their winning mindset and resilience are as important as the physical training and Gilbert Enoka was their secret weapon. 

For the first time, Gilbert distils his essential lessons to building unshakeable staying power – particularly at times of high pressure where others would crumble – creating a winning team mentality – and leaving things better than how you found them so that we can all learn the All Blacks way. Discover how to build a winning culture, hone your leadership to inspire your team in times of need and establish iconic rules for performance that will become your competitive advantage for years to come. 

 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast
from Newstalks the'd be.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
We're going to catch up though with our book reviewer
Catherine Rains for her book picks of this weekend. Now though,
so she's got a couple of different reads. We'll track
her down and see if she's here, right, Catherine Child
A good morning, Good morning Jack. Your first pick for
us this weekend is The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin.

Speaker 3 (00:29):
So this takes place in the New Zealand bush and
this very brutal accident happens, and this woman, Effie, is
having to confront the place she'd sworn that she'd never
go back to. And as a child, her and her
siblings had believed that their parents had had an inn
in the bush for very altruistic reasons, only realizing in
hindsight later in life that the truth was really a

(00:50):
much darker reality for them all. And in twenty years later,
Effie is living in Scotland and the Isle of Sky
when she learns that an almost incident that she learns
when she was young, when this bloodstained young girl stumbles
out of the bush into this remote town of Corhora,
and she doesn't speak, but her physical appearance mirror is
that of Fi with her red hair and her green eyes,

(01:10):
and his story is almost the same. And so consequently
if he is drawn back into this world that she
wanted to forget, and the chap resultnate between Efy's past
and the current point of view, and it just adds
to the secret see and mysteries of the past and
lots of questions are left unanswered to almost the very end.
And the author, Zoe Rankin, takes you on this journey
of a dark family history and a really intense story

(01:32):
that keepts you completely captivated.

Speaker 2 (01:34):
And hold fantastic. So is Zoe a key Wei author.
I presume she is a key.

Speaker 3 (01:40):
WE author and this is her debut novel and I
can't wait to read what she writes next.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
Oh, so perb that sounds great. Okay, So that's The
Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin. You've also read another book
by another key We author, This has Become Unstoppable by
Gilbert Sinoka.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
So Gilbert and it is very well known for his
success as an All Black's mental skills and leadership coach,
and his skills have been sought after the English cricket
team New South Wales state of origin and Premier League
club Chelsea and the Crusaders and Black Pats, Cruisies and
all sorts of people, and he shares the philosophies that

(02:17):
he's used for supporting success and all Blacks coach Steve
Hansen credits him as the really secret ingredient that helped
them deliver to Rugby World Cup titles and tri Nations
and major sporting victories. But what Gilberinah knows is all
about is this connection and this belonging and a lot
of these qualities shaped him from his very early years

(02:38):
in Ammatin's children home and that experience and that experience
really shaped what his future mental skills and leadership approach
would look like. And at twelve he ends up back
in Punston North was his mum and life with an
alcoholic stepfather and challenging, and that's where he finds follow
Wallers this kind of outlet and passion and it's really
in volleyball and that representative where he kind of they

(03:01):
adopted these concepts like leadership and journaling and feedback, chessions
and ownership that didn't really exist in the late seventies
and early eighties. And I also taught at Hill Walsh
in high school, and that's actually where he meets Wayne Smith,
who was in All Blacks at the time, and they
start looking at these fresh and different mindsets. And Smith,

(03:22):
once he's started coaching, and Anoka for those kind of things.
And you know, Anoka, for his part, is very proud
and changing that All Blacks culture, you know, and really
instrumental and changing that. But the book has all these
really practical suggestions as well for all of us about
the techniques they use with the All Blacks, and he

(03:42):
writes and speaks about his lessons and that real edge
that comes from connection and values and being valued and
that teen culture, and that's where the really interesting lessons
come for all of us in our every day lives.

Speaker 2 (03:54):
No, I can't wait to read that. He's just an
absolute legend day. So that sounds superb. But to me,
that's become Unstoppable by Gilbert Inoka and Catherine's first book,
the novel is The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rang And
details of both of those books are going to be
up on the news talks he'd be website. Have a
good week, Catherine.

Speaker 1 (04:10):
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