The Tea Planter's Wife
The mesmerising escapist historical romance that became a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller
$24.61
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
13 June 2016
Summary
The story of a young woman’s journey through love, motherhood and loss in 1920s Ceylon.
Nineteen-year-old Gwendolyn Hooper is newly married to a rich and charming widower, eager to join him on his tea plantation, determined to be the perfect wife and mother.
But life in Ceylon is not what Gwen expected. The plantation workers are resentful, the neighbours treacherous. And there are clues to the past - a dusty trunk of dresses, an overgrown gravestone in the grounds - that her …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241969557 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241969557 |
| Author: | Dinah Jefferies |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 13 June 2016 |
| Weight: | 314g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 27mm |
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About The Author
Dinah Jefferies
Dinah Jefferies was born in Malaysia and moved to England at the age of nine. Her idyllic childhood always held a special place in her imagination, and when she began writing novels in her 60s, she was able to return there - first in her fiction and then on annual research trips for each new novel. Dinah Jefferies is the author of novels, The Separation, The Tea Planter’s Wife - a Number One Sunday Times bestseller, The Silk Merchant’s Daughter, Before the Rains and The Missing Sister. She lives in Gloucestershire.
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