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The Tea Planter’s Wife

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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.

But life in Ceylon is not what Gwen expected. The plantation workers are resentful, the neighbours treacherous. And there are clues to the past - a dusty trunk of dresses, an overgrown gravestone in the grounds - that her husband refuses to discuss.

Just as Gwen finds her feet, disaster strikes. She faces a terrible choice, hiding the truth from almost everyone, but a secret this big can't stay buried forever . . .

Critics Review

Beautifully written and heart rending, this has a magical setting with a real sense of period.
author of A Vintage Wedding and A French Affair
A gloriously atmospheric and tension-filled novel that centres on the separation of a mother anher child. Immensely enjoyable, poignant and compelling'
author of Ghostwritten
Vibrant and compelling - Dinah Jefferies perfectly captures the flavour of colonial Ceylon
author of The Saffron Trail
A wonderful book... intensely moving and beautifully observed. Dinah Jefferies brings to the story a power and intensity that drew me in and wouldn't let me go in this intimate and emotional tale that explores where the boundaries of love lie
author of The Italian Wife
Captivating, powerful and passionate
Deborah Rodriguez on 'The Separation'
A richly detailed story... as intimate as a kiss and as sharp as the blade of a knife
David Gilham on The Separation
I simply didn't want to put it down. Vivid and atmospheric - you can smell the tropics, feel the drenching heat...
Isabel Wolff on The Separation
Dark secrets lie at every turn, hidden beneath layers of 1920s racism and the fearfulness of a crumbling colonial power, making for a thoroughly gripping tale. But what I loved most of all. . . is the moving way in which Dinah writes about the loss of children and the redemptive power of love.
Liz Trenow
A terrific and atmospheric read
Elizabeth Buchan
I was spellbound from beginning to end
Deborah Rodriguez
Author Dinah Jefferies
Narrator Avita Jay
Duration 16 hours
Release Date
ISBN 9780241975633
Format Audiobook
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Genre Historical romance, Modern and contemporary fiction, Social discrimination and equal treatment
Availability AU, GB, IE

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