The Tea Planter's Wife

Posted on 07 July 2017 by Dinah Jefferies

1 International bestselling novel set in 1920s Ceylon, about a young Englishwoman who 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 consequencesNineteen 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. Free Download The Tea Planter's Wife [ author ] Dinah Jefferies [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr A wonderful, thought provoking story about a young English woman, Gwen, who travels to Ceylon in the 1920 s to join her new husband on his tea plantation She soon settles in to the lifestyle of the plantation and finds herself pregnant, but after she gives birth finds herself keeping secrets from her husband However, Gwen is not the only one keeping secrets.This is a beautifully written novel, Dinah Jefferies captures the time and the prejudice rife in Ceylon at the time well The plantation A wonderful, thought provoking story about a young English woman, Gwen, who travels to Ceylon in the 1920 s to join her new husband on his tea plantation She soon settles in to the lifestyle of the plantation and finds herself pregnant, but after she gives birth finds herself keeping secrets from her husband However, Gwen is not the only one keeping secrets.This is a beautifully written novel, Dinah Jefferies captures the time and the prejudice rife in Ceylon a...I thought this book was okay It wasn t great and it wasn t bad But that is just my opinion, others love it and others don t love it and it s all good There is a little prologue in the front of the book that had me wondering for a good while But there comes a time when secrets come out that I finally figured out who the person was and what it was about It was actually sad This story is about 19 year old Gwendolyn Gwen and she marries a wonderful tea planter named Laurence They meet in I thought this book was okay It wasn t great and it wasn t bad But that is just my opinion, others love it and others don t love it and it s all good There is a little prologue in the front of the book that had me wondering for a good while But there comes a time when secrets come out that I finally figured out who the person was and what it was about It was actually sad This story is about 19 year old Gwendolyn Gwen and she marries a wonderful tea planter named Laurence They meet in London but she soon marries him and moves to Ceylon to his tea plantation He ends up with two of them and a third on the way Laurence has a ton of workers and people that help with the house It takes a little bit for Gwen to get used to everything One of the servants named Naveena was very good to her and I liked that character It turns out there are some secrets about her too L...The Tea Planter s Wife by Dinah Jeffries is a 2015 Penguin publication I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher and the LIbraryThing early reviewer program The Tea Planter s Wife is an exemplary novel, written with a lush literary prose, which pulls me deep into the landscape and historical setting of colonial Ceylan Gwen, only nineteen, marries Laurence, a widower, after a whirlwind romance Laurence is a tea planter running a successful plantation, and Gwen is determined to learn The Tea Planter s Wife by Dinah Jeffries is a 2015 Penguin publication I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher and t...2.75Thank you to NetGalley Crown publishing for an advance copy of this book I liked the setting of early 1900s Ceylon, the descriptions of the land, people, and tea of course It starts with a mystery and jumps ahead 12 years later A young naive bride has arrived to begin life with her widowed husband on his tea plantation Things get off to a rocky start Secrets, a questionable sister in law, thensecrets are lurking, and new acquaintances with their own agendas are 2.75 Thank you to NetGalley Crown publishing for an advance copy of this book I liked the setting of early 1900s Ceylon, the descriptions of the land, people,...I m late to the table again with this one.I ve chosen my aim all year to read at least one book that s been on my shelf for a long time This fits that This is ultimately a romance story but with a clear reality, mystery and struggle thrown in What if you met your future husband who was all sweetness and light, treated you really well then you marry and he s indifferent, distant and totally not like the person you though...4.5sAt nineteen years of age Gwendolyn Hooper was young to be leaving home and venturing half way across the world to live in a new country But her recent marriage to Laurence meant leaving her home in London and joining him in Ceylon where he owned a large and prosperous tea plantation Her journey by sea was long and tiresome but her excitement was great Her arrival though was fraught with worry and concern when Laurence wasn t there to meet the ship When a young coloured man by the name of 4.5 sAt nineteen years of age Gwendolyn Hooper was young to be leaving home and venturing half way across the world to live in a new country But her recent marriage to Laurence meant leaving her home in London and joining him in Ceylon where he owned a large and prosperous tea plantation Her journey by sea was long and tiresome but her excitement was great Her arrival though was fraught with worry and concern when Laurence wasn t there to meet the ship When a young coloured man by the name of Savi Ravasinghe came to her aid, leading her to a hotel to wait in the cool interior, she was grateful But little did she realize that Savi would feature in her life in the futureSlowly Gwen learned about life on a tea plantation the servants in the house, the coloured workers in the grounds outside But Laurence s sister Verity was constantly at their side Gwen couldn t seem to warm to Verity, while V...In the 1920 s a 19 year old Englishwoman, Gwen Gwendolyn arrives in Ceylon Sri Lanka to join her older husband, Lawrence at his tea plantation after a whirlwind romance Gwen struggles to adjust to her new role as a wife and mistress of a very large plantation The atmosphere is a little reminiscent of Daphne du Maurier s Rebecca, as secrets still hide the true demise of Lawrence s first wife, Caroline, and their infant son, Thomas In addition, Lawrence is reluctant to share with his youthful In the 1920 s a 19 year old Englishwoman, Gwen Gwendolyn arrives in Ceylon Sri Lanka to join her older husband, Lawrence at his tea plantation after a whirlwind romance Gwen strugg...Secrets The Tea Planter s Wife is a very intriguing story, of secrets that are harboured within a relationship and are destined to be revealed, but at what cost Gwen is 19 years old and marries Laurence, a widower and tea plantation owner The background to Laurence and what happened to his first wife is held in secret but he is not alone because Gwen had an encounter with another man and now she s pregnant but who is the father The story builds to an ironic twist and is an enthralling read Secrets The Tea Planter s Wife is a very intriguing story, of secrets that are harboured within a relationship and are destined to be revealed, but at what cost Gwen is 19 years old and marries Laurence, a widower and tea plantation owner The background to Laurence and what happened to his first wife is held in secret but he is not alone because Gwen had an encounter with another man and now she s pregnant but who is the father The story builds to an ironic twist and is an enthralling read through all the deception.It is also a story of racial prejudices, nationalism and alliances Dinah Jefferies set this story, as some of her others, against a political movement for independence in a British colonial state The story takes place in Ceylon from 1925 to 1934 amongst the tea plantations where British, Sinhalese and Tamil work...Too long Too many insipid and under IQ d people Beautiful place, lush descriptions, time period that jazzed and yet with all 3 of those elements, the characters were mere outlines Ceylon and the tea lines, the pluckers , the severe cultural and racial divides, the horticulture possibilities With all of that in such high tide levels, you d think she could have gotten the protagonists and especially some of the under characters to seem actual, real For me, not at all.This might have been Too long Too many insipid and under IQ d people Beautiful place, lush descriptions, time period that jazzed and yet with all 3 of those elements, the characters were mere outlines Ceylon and the tea lines, the pluckers , the severe cultural and racial divides, the horticulture possibilities With all of that in such high tide levels, you d think she could have gotten the protagonists and especially some of the under characters to seem actual, real For me, not at all.This might have been written for a much younger audience that is enthralled by the physical and sexual variables of the romance in...I buddy read this book with Erin, Stephanie, and Heather The Tea Planter s Wife is about a young woman named Gwen who arrives in Ceylon to start her new life as a married woman to a tea planter named Laurence who is a widower But, before we get to met Gwen is there a prolog about a woman with a small child and I wondered what the woman would have for connections to the story Gwen meets on the ship Savi Ravisinghe and I was worried for a while that this would turn out to be a love triangle, I buddy read this book with Erin, Stephanie, and Heather The Tea Planter s Wife is about a young woman named Gwen who arrives in Ceylon to start her new life as a married woman to a tea planter named Laurence who is a widower But, before we get to met Gwen is there a prolog about a woman with a small child and I wondered what the woman would have for connections to the story Gwen meets on the ship Savi Ravisinghe and I was worried for a while that this would turn out to be a love triangle, but the story thankfully never turned in that directions However, Savi will have a role to play in the story.As I stated above did I buddy read this with some friends of mine and that was an interesting experience with us discussed the chapters we had read once every week But, somewhere along the way the story just didn t move forward at a pleasant pace and suddenly a break in reading and discussing the book happened and week...

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07 July 2017

Dinah Jefferies