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2000s: Running from the past, she can’t remember
Call Me Evie
What you need to know before your trail
Meet Evie, a young woman who has fled with her uncle to the isolated New Zealand beach town of Maketu. Jim says he’s hiding her to protect her, that she did something terrible back home in Melbourne. Something Evie can’t remember.
But Evie isn’t her real name. And Jim isn’t really her uncle.
In a house that creaks against the wind, Evie pieces together the events that led her here. And as her memories return, she starts to wonder if Jim is really her saviour . . . or her captor.
Locations
Reset- Australia - VIC
- A: Portsea
- New Zealand -
- B: Maketu
- C: Maketu - Bay Of Plenty
- D: Maketu headland
Travel Guide
Travel BookTrail style to Maketu
From her home in Portsea VIC where the story starts and where the flashbacks take her to…to somewhere vague and coastal.
Maketu fits this bill very well indeed:
Maketu has historical significance as it was the landing place of the Te Arawa canoe, which carried some of the first Maori people from Hawaiki. The place is very remote and peaceful for most people who stay here – it’s popular for horse-riding, swimming, boating and fishing during the summer months. In winter, it’s a popular spot for catching whitebait and visiting the iconic Maketu Pies shop.
The house where Evie stays however:
“All houses have their own quirks. This house is nothing like home. This house is nothing like anywhere I have been before. The cupboards don’t quite close all the way. Windows shudder when a door is slammed, and when the wind picks up the structure seems to yawn
The light is on the deck outside and a pair of moths fly about it in delirious elliptical whirls
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Call Me Evie
Destination: Portsea, Maketu Author/guide: J P Pomare Departure Time: 2000s
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