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The Tea Planter S Wife
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Author : Dinah Jefferies
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2016-09-13
The Tea Planter S Wife written by Dinah Jefferies and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-13 with Fiction categories.
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • 1920s 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 In this lush, atmospheric page-turner, nineteen-year-old Gwendolyn Hooper has married Laurence, the seductively mysterious owner of a vast tea empire in colonial Ceylon, after a whirlwind romance in London. When she joins him at his faraway tea plantation, she’s filled with hope for their life together, eager to take on the role of mistress of the house, learn the tea business, and start a family. But life in Ceylon is not what Gwen expected. The plantation workers are resentful, the neighbors and her new sister-in-law treacherous. Gwen finds herself drawn to a local Sinhalese man of questionable intentions and worries about her new husband’s connection to a brash American businesswoman. But most troubling are the unanswered questions surrounding Laurence’s first marriage. Why won’t anyone discuss the fate of his first wife? Who’s buried in the unmarked grave in the forest? As the darkness of her husband’s past emerges, Gwen is forced to make a devastating choice, one that could destroy their future and Gwen’s chance at happiness.
The Hidden Palace The Daughters Of War Book 2
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Author : Dinah Jefferies
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2022-08-25
The Hidden Palace The Daughters Of War Book 2 written by Dinah Jefferies and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-25 with Fiction categories.
An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise...
The Sapphire Widow
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Author : Dinah Jefferies
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2018-08-14
The Sapphire Widow written by Dinah Jefferies and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-14 with Fiction categories.
A sweeping, breathtaking story of love and betrayal from the internationally bestselling author of The Tea Planter's Wife Ceylon, 1935. Louisa Reeve, the daughter of a successful British gem trader, and her husband Elliot, a charming, thrill-seeking businessman, seem like the couple who have it all. Except what they long for more than anything: a child. While Louisa struggles with miscarriages, Elliot is increasingly absent, spending much of his time at a nearby cinnamon plantation, overlooking the Indian ocean. After his sudden death, Louisa is left alone to solve the mystery he left behind. Revisiting the plantation at Cinnamon Hills, she finds herself unexpectedly drawn towards the owner, Leo, a rugged outdoors man with a checkered past. The plantation casts a spell, but all is not as it seems. And when Elliot's shocking betrayal is revealed, Louisa has only Leo to turn to . . .
The Tea Planter S Wife
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Author : Dinah Jefferies
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2015-09-03
The Tea Planter S Wife written by Dinah Jefferies and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-03 with Fiction categories.
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A haunting, tender portrait of a woman forced to choose between her duty as a wife and her instinct as a mother... Nineteen-year-old Gwendolyn Hooper steps off a steamer in Ceylon, Sri Lanka full of optimism, eager to join her new husband. But the man who greets her at the tea plantation is not the same one she fell in love with in London. Distant and brooding, Laurence spends long days wrapped up in his work, leaving his young bride to explore alone. It's a place filled with clues to the past - locked doors, a yellowed wedding dress in a dusty trunk, an overgrown grave, far too small for an adult... Gwen soon falls pregnant and her husband is overjoyed, but she has little time to celebrate. In the delivery room the new mother is faced with a terrible choice. When the time comes, how will her husband ever understand what she has done? 'A truly absorbing book' Reader Review 'So many twists and turns. I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next' Reader Review 'It takes you continuously into new places' Reader Review 'The writer creates the scene with such colour' Reader Review
The Tea Planter S Daughter
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Author : Sara Banerji
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2012-03-30
The Tea Planter S Daughter written by Sara Banerji and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-30 with Fiction categories.
Today is Julia Clockhouse's twenty-fifth birthday. Her long-suffering Hindu servants are frantically trying to organise a party for her, but it's hard to do so amid the havoc wreaked by her wild spirit. They think she is possessed. Daughters of colonial tea-planters shouldn't have souls that escape their bodies, move objects with their minds, hear tongueless yogis speak. Julia Clockhouse does. As the day passes and the chaos mounts in the kitchen, Julia listens desperately for the return of her husband. Ben may have married her on the orders of her domineering father, but he had come to love her; together they had found the happiness they missed in childhood. But by the time the party guests are tumbling in from the rising fury of the monsoon Ben has still not come. Sara Banerji narrates the events of an extraordinary birthday with deft humour and haunting eloquence, weaving into Julia's story a picture of an isolated tea-plantation and all those who live there. The Tea-Planter's Daughter is a captivating flight of the imagination firmly rooted in the reality of the South Indian hills.
The Separation
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Author : Dinah Jefferies
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2014-05-22
The Separation written by Dinah Jefferies and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-22 with Fiction categories.
FROM THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TEA PLANTER'S WIFE The Separation by Dinah Jefferies is a sweeping novel set in 1950s Malaya, about a mother searching for her daughters. What happens when a mother and her daughters are separated; who do they become when they believe it might be forever? 1953, the eve of the Cartwright's departure from Malaya. Eleven-year-old Emma can't understand why they're leaving without their mother; why her taciturn father is refusing to answer questions. Lydia arrives home to an empty house - there's no sign of her husband Alec or her daughters. Panic stricken, she embarks on a dangerous journey to find them through the hot and civil-war-torn Malayan jungle - one that only the power of a mother's love can help her to survive. Dinah Jefferies was born in Malaya in 1948 and moved to England at the age of nine. She has worked in education, once lived in a 'rock 'n roll' commune and, more recently, been an exhibiting artist. She spends her days writing, with time off to make tiaras and dinosaurs with her grandchildren. The Separation is her first book.
The Silk Merchant S Daughter
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Author : Dinah Jefferies
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2016-02-25
The Silk Merchant S Daughter written by Dinah Jefferies and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-25 with Fiction categories.
NOW A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TEA PLANTER'S WIFE Dinah Jefferies' stunning new novel is a gripping, unforgettable tale of a woman torn between two worlds... 1952, French Indochina. Since her mother's death, eighteen-year-old half-French, half-Vietnamese Nicole has been living in the shadow of her beautiful older sister, Sylvie. When Sylvie is handed control of the family silk business, Nicole is given an abandoned silk shop in the Vietnamese quarter of Hanoi. But the area is teeming with militant rebels who want to end French rule, by any means possible. For the first time, Nicole is awakened to the corruption of colonial rule - and her own family's involvement shocks her to the core... Tran, a notorious Vietnamese insurgent, seems to offer the perfect escape from her troubles, while Mark, a charming American trader, is the man she's always dreamed of. But who can she trust in this world where no one is what they seem? The Silk Merchant's Daughter is a captivating tale of dark secrets, sisterly rivalry and love against the odds, enchantingly set in colonial era Vietnam.
A Tea Planter S Life In Assam
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Author : George M. Barker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
A Tea Planter S Life In Assam written by George M. Barker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with Assam (India) categories.
The Tuscan Contessa
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Author : Dinah Jefferies
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2020-07-16
The Tuscan Contessa written by Dinah Jefferies and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-16 with Fiction categories.
ONE WAR. TWO WOMEN. WILL THEY BE ABLE TO SAVE THE ONES THEY LOVE? A sweeping new novel from the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of The Tea Planter's Wife In 1943, Contessa Sofia de' Corsi's peaceful Tuscan villa among the olive groves is upturned by the sudden arrival of German soldiers. Desperate to fight back, she agrees to shelter a wounded British radio engineer in her home, keeping him hidden from her husband Lorenzo - knowing that she is putting all of their lives at risk. When Maxine, an Italian-American working for the resistance, arrives on Sofia's doorstep, the pair forge an uneasy alliance. Feisty, independent Maxine promised herself never to fall in love. But when she meets a handsome partisan named Marco, she realizes it's a promise she can't keep... Before long, the two women find themselves entangled in a dangerous game with the Nazis. Will they be discovered? And will they both be able to save the ones they love? 'Dinah Jefferies has a remarkable gift for conjuring up another time and place with lush descriptions, full of power and intensity' Kate Furnivall 'A stunning story of love and loyalty in wartime' Rachel Hore 'Beautiful writing, wonderful characters, gripping story, and such a gorgeously evoked Tuscan setting - how I loved this! Such a perfect, immersive summer read!' Jenny Ashcroft 'A lush, fast-moving, gripping story that will keep you guessing till the last pages. A perfect summer read' Gill Paul 'It's so rich & the historical details so transporting. Reading this novel is like being swept into a wonderful movie' Eve Chase
The Collector S Wife
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Author : Mitra Phukan
language : en
Publisher: Zubaan
Release Date : 2005
The Collector S Wife written by Mitra Phukan and has been published by Zubaan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Fiction categories.
This is the story of Rukmini who is married to the District Collector of a small town in Assam, and teaches English literature in the local college. On the surface, her life is settled and safe in the big, beautiful bungalow on the hill above the cremation ground, seemingly untouched by the toil and sufferings of the common folk living 'below'. And yet, each time there is an 'incident' in the district, the fear and uncertainty that grips the town finds a reflection in her own life. Assam is in the grip of insurgency and it is this thread that runs like a dark river through the novel and forms its backdrop.