{"product_id":"finding-miriama-donna-goodacre-9780473671549","title":"Finding Miriama","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is 2003 in New Zealand, and Louisa Greenwood and her daughter Ngaroma are on a quest to discover their ancestry. Louisa has a greenstone necklace left to her in her father's will, and from the first time Ngaroma wears it, she has unusual experiences, both good and bad. It leads her to various locations in New Zealand and England until, through a series of meetings and coincidences, she discovers the last resting place of her five times great grandmother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne hundred and fifty years earlier, Major Joseph Greenwood, with his wife Catherine, is sent via India and England to New Zealand as a Fencible. The couple becomes established in Auckland society, and all goes well until Joseph fathers a son with Miriama Potiki, their live-in housekeeper. What follows is a series of challenges involving the Greenwoods, their friends and family, on both sides of the world, and the ramifications are felt by Louisa and Ngaroma five generations later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinding Miriama \u003c\/em\u003eis about identity, chasing dreams and self-determination, set against a background of war in Afghanistan, England in the 1850s and Māori-Pākehā relations in colonial New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 1 in the\u003cem\u003e Our Unbroken Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e series \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA family saga set in New Zealand and England, the \u003cem\u003eOur Unbroken Spirits\u003c\/em\u003e series spans two centuries, tracing one whānau across generations and cultures, blending rich historical detail with emotional storytelling and mysteries that connect past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donna Goodacre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0473671549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780473671549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Good Acre Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.91d","brand":"Donna Goodacre","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001489760511,"sku":"9780473671549","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/finding-miriama-donna-goodacre-9780473671549","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}