Jamie Baywood has an interesting cover story to go with her book. Photo / Supplied
New Zealand's man drought may be a sore point for Kiwi women, but it was the perfect drawcard for a girl trying to escape her dubious love life in California.
Jamie Baywood - her pen name - has written a memoir, Getting Rooted in New Zealand, a travel diary of
an eventful and culture shock-filled OE.
When the end of a nine-year relationship left her "like a zoo animal released into the wild", the 26-year-old read about the country's population statistics and jumped at the chance to be where there were 100,000 men fewer than women.
"I had one boyfriend from 14 to 23, and when we broke up I was completely clueless. I had no idea what to do and attracted a lot of really crazy guys in California.
"I had to take one guy to rehab, and after that I was just a magnet for really crazy guys. I read in a tour book for New Zealand that the population has 100,000 less men, so I decided to move there."
