The Tea Planter’s Wife is a seductive love story but the novel also explores the tragic consequences of racism. The idea for this novel came as my mother-in-law reminisced about a childhood spent in India and Burma in the s and early s, and told stories passed down by her family that included tea planters in both Ceylon and India. Then, while listening to old audio recordings from the British . 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. She lives in Gloucestershire. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title/5(K). · Dinah Jefferies brilliant novel explores one of the darker issues of Britain’s Colonial past in this tender and romantic story. An idealistic young woman is whisked away by an enigmatic and secretive widower to a tea plantation in Ceylon. Jefferies brilliantly evokes the exotic colours, scents and sounds of the landscape/5(K).
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Tea Planter's Wife by Dinah Jefferies, read by Avita Jay.. 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. The tea planter's wife Dinah Jefferies in the General Fiction category for sale in Cape Town (ID) Buy The tea planter's wife Dinah Jefferies for R Sell on bidorbuy Cyber Monday Deals Stores Promotions. Richard and Judy Book Club - The Tea Planter's Wife; Sample Chapters; QA with Dinah; Video/audio; Short Story; Contact me; ORDINARY WOMEN EXTRAORDINARY TIMES. The latest novel from the number one Sunday Times best selling author of the Tea Planter's Wife. Follow me on BookBub. Watch the video.
A young English wife becomes the mistress of a tea plantation in Ceylon and is quickly confronted with upheavals—racial, social, and domestic—in Jefferies' U.S. www.doorway.ru, daughter of a landed Gloucestershire family, marries widower Laurence Hooper, descended from Ceylon's original English settlers. 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. She lives in Gloucestershire. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • s Ceylon: 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.
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