Shimmersea A Memoir – Audibook Online

Shimmersea A Memoir – Audibook Online By Mary D. Woodward

Mary Woodward, the acclaimed West Auckland author of The Bethells of Te Henga, The Scent of Rosewater, Landscape of My Heart, The Piha Story, has now completed her memoir, Shimmersea.

This limited edition is both a fascinating social history and a remarkable life story. Many New Zealanders will have similar memories of childhood vacations and wild adventures on the beach – in her case on the West Coast of Auckland. As a cash-strapped student recruited by the local Lions Club and lured by a two-hundred-pound prize money, she ended up being Miss New Zealand 1949 – to her surprise. She describes herself as “small and less attractive”.

Back then, she was able to avoid the humiliating swimsuit displays that are now associated with such events and was clearly chosen for her potential as an ambassador for New Zealand.Reading her descriptions of her travels to post-war England, we understand why she was the perfect choice. She is a breath of fresh air in bleak times, intelligent, curious about the world, radiating charm and not pretentious.

They love her. She very spontaneously announced in the British media. But natural charm fails to protect the tragedies later in her life, beautifully told but inherently painful. Her struggle to understand these terrible times, which helped her “come to accept herself and her life, without bitterness or regret” is what makes this book so real remarkableness.

Mary D. Woodward ”No one understands Auckland’s wild west coast better than Mary (Bobbie) Woodward. She was Miss New Zealand in 1949 and she’s still healthy at 93!. Bobbie has spent years researching and writing about the colorful lives of early Waitakare West Coasters, from the Maori people to the first Pakeha settlers.”

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