Join us to hear author Donna Goodacre talk about her inspiration and writing methods behind her latest book, Of Greenstone and Violins.
This intriguing historical fiction centres on a discovery made in a London cemetery that has bridged generations. The story reveals how love, sacrifice, and forgiveness shaped Donna's family's legacy across oceans and decades. This richly woven narrative continues the story begun in Finding Miriama, exploring how the choices of our ancestors echo through time.
Donna Goodacre, who is of Tainui descent, is a retired high school/correctional centre/vocational school English and Foreign Languages teacher. Her career spanned some forty years in New Zealand and Australia. She started her first novel, Finding Miriama, in 2018, when family members convinced her that her ancestors’ story, if told well, could make an interesting read. Five years of historical research later, coupled with a little poetic licence and imagination, it was completed. The sequel, Of Greenstone and Violins, took only one year after her retirement from full-time teaching and was published in 2025. Book three of the trilogy will be available in 2026.
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