“Patrice’s witty and gritty storytelling helps transcend this book beyond the trail memoir genre. It can be hard to capture the human emotions of a long-distance trek, but you don’t need an avalanche or bear attack to make it a compelling story. Patrice draws in readers through her candid honesty about trail life and marriage. And as a long-distance hiker with 14,000 miles under my hip belt, I appreciate that this book has several angles, with the most important being an accurate and alluring account of trekking across New Zealand.

“No sugarcoating. No glorifying blisters. Patrice shares exactly what it’s like to hike a new long trail through some of the world’s most challenging—and beautiful—terrain.“

“Between Each Step is the type of book every adventurer wants to read when they have a big expedition ahead of them. Equal parts trail beta, local color, and natural history laced with personality and passion for life as a professional vagabond, Patrice has brought New Zealand’s epic Te Araroa to life. One thing’s for sure, this trail is now on my bucket list.“

“Patrice’s vivid stories took me back to my travels through New Zealand with my husband. Her detailed account of her Te Araroa journey with Justin reminds me of how beautifully imperfect relationships can be–and how transformative Mother Nature is for everyone.”

“Our need to escape and get lost has grown over the years, and often we romanticize a life on the road or in the backcountry or traveling the world with no agenda. Patrice takes readers on just such an adventure, hiking through New Zealand with her husband, and gets down to the gritty logistics, relationship tests, and the unending beauty and resilience of human nature and wilderness areas that remain unlike any other on the planet. This book begs to be read and devoured like mac n cheese over a hot fire after hiking twelve miles uphill.“