The tea planter's wife : a novel / Dinah Jefferies.
Record details
- ISBN: 0451495977
- ISBN: 9780451495976
- Physical Description: 418 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in Great Britain by Penguin Books, Ltd., London, England, in 2015."--title page verso. |
Summary, etc.: | "In 1920s Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), a young Englishwoman marries a charming tea plantation owner and widower, only to discover he's keeping terrible secrets about his past, including what happened to his first wife, that lead to devastating consequences"--Adapted from publisher description. 1920s Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Gwendolyn, a young Englishwoman, marries Laurence, an older widower and tea plantation owner. At first Gwen finds it hard to adjust to the customs and racial issues, but on discovering she is pregnant Gwen is determined to be a good mother and a support to her husband. When Laurence's sister Verity visits, questions are raised about Laurence's first marriage and secrets about his past. |
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Subject: | Married women > Fiction. British > Sri Lanka > Fiction. Tea plantations > Sri Lanka > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Pregnancy > Fiction. Sri Lanka > History > 1505-1948 > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 34 of 35 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rockville Public Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rockville Public Library | F JEF (Text) | 34035138456898 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |