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The tea planters wife by dinah jefferies is a 2015 penguin publication. Dinah jefferies books list of books by author dinah. A young english wife becomes the mistress of a tea plantation in ceylon and is quickly confronted with upheavalsracial, social, and domesticin jefferies u. The tea planters wife by dinah jefferies she reads novels. The tea planters wife by dinah jefferies book cover, description, publication history. Gwen is a brandnew bride, back in the 1920s, stepping off a steamer in ceylon to join her teaplanter husband, laurence. Dinah jefferies is the author of four novels, the separation, the tea planter s wife a number one sunday times bestseller, the silk merchant s daughter and before the rains. From the moment i started reading the tea planters wife by dinah jefferies i was hooked. Sep 03, 2015 dinah jefferies was born in malaysia and moved to england at the age of nine. Dinah s first novel,the separation, was published by viking in 20. The tea planters wife by dinah jefferies waterstones.

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The tea planters wife by dinah jefferies penguin books australia. I couldnt help but make my own hypotheses, and read intently driven, curious about how it would all go for the main character gwen. The number one sunday times bestseller my ideal read i couldnt put it down santa montefiore dinah jefferies unforgettable new novel, the tea planters wife is a haunting, tender portrait of a woman forced to choose between her duty as a wife and her instinct as a mother. Gwen, daughter of a landed gloucestershire family, marries widower laurence hooper, descended from ceylons original english settlers. Author dinah jefferies was born in malaysia and grew up there, so her depiction of life in ceylon has an authentic ring. A young englishwoman marries a charming tea plantation owner and widower, only to discover hes keeping terrible secrets about his past, including what happened to his first wife, that lead to devastating consequences in this lush, atmospheric pageturner, nineteenyearold gwendolyn hooper has. Chosen as a richard and judy book club selection autumn 2015. The tea planters wife is historical fiction at its. She has worked in education, lived in a commune and exhibited work as an artist.