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International praise for the tea planters wife love, suspense, guilt. Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of the silk merchant s daughter by dinah jefferies, read by eliza parkes. A wonderful book, deeply touching, and an unforgettable read that swept me away. While romance often utilizes a rose colored glasses approach to matrimony, the tea planters wife is all about the reality of it.
The tea planter s wife is a story of a young woman, gwen who marries a gentleman where they settle to live in ceylon and as you can guess from the title of the story, becomes the wife of a tea planter. A story of guilt, betrayal and secrets, set in colonial era ceylon. The wife s sister is an innocent, goodnatured tomboy girl, who never for a moment dreamed that her sister s low spirits were due to. Sep 02, 2015 in other words, the tea planters wife is so much more than a conventional love story, with all its twists and turns and guilt and betrayal. The tea planters wife by dinah jefferies reading guide. Kate furnivall, author of the italian wife vibrant. In a secluded grotto, gwen discovers the grave of laurences young son, thomas, his child by his first wife, caroline, and laurence is circumspect about how thomas diedas he is about the nature of carolines final illness. Book club questions for the tea planters wife by dinah jefferies part of the richard and judy autumn 2015 bookclub. Sep 04, 2016 selected by librarians as a september libraryreads pick, the tea planters wife by dinah jefferies is about a young englishwoman who 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. At times i found myself frustrated with sofie as she seemed so infatuated with tom because he was good looking.
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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. The tea planters wife by dinah jefferies begins in ceylon now called sri lanka in 19, with a scene showing a woman leaving a house, cradling a baby with one arm. The tea planters wife is a very intriguing story, of secrets that are harboured but destined to come out. When i started reading the tea planters wife, i was expecting a straightforward saga with a few family secrets. What i love about this book is its confident depiction. From the numberone bestselling author of the tea planter s wife. Do you have any thoughts, questions or discussions about the tea planter s wife by dinah jefferies. Very enjoyablemystery and fullblown escape into the past. Oct, 2016 when i received the tea planters wife in the mail, i was struck at how beautiful the cover of the book is. The tea planters wife no spoiler alerts here, but i had figured out the general premise of the story within the first few chapters. Oct, 2019 the planters wife was previously published as bamboo island. Based on the synopsis, i believed i would have trouble relating to gwen.
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