The tea planter's wife : a novel

Jefferies, Dinah 1948- (author.).

Summary: 1920s Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Gwendolyn, a young Englishwoman, marries Laurence, an older widower and tea plantation owner. 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. When Laurence's sister Verity visits, questions are raised about Laurence's first marriage and secrets about his past.

Record details

ISBN: 9780451495976 :
ISBN: 0451495977 :
Physical Description: print
418 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Crown, 2015

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Originally published in Great Britain by Penguin Books, Ltd., London, England, in 2015."--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and notes (pages 415-418).