The Tea Planter's Wife
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  • Published: 3 September 2015
  • ISBN: 9780241975633
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $24.99

The Tea Planter's Wife

The mesmerising escapist historical romance that became a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller

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Paperback
13 Jun 2016
Tr. Paperback
26 Aug 2015
EBook
3 Sep 2015
Audiobook
3 Sep 2015
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The story of a young woman's journey through love, motherhood and loss in 1920s Ceylon

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 . . .
  • Published: 3 September 2015
  • ISBN: 9780241975633
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $24.99
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About the author

Dinah Jefferies

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. She has previously published The Separation with Viking, and The Tea Planter's Wife is her second novel.

Also by Dinah Jefferies

The Tuscan Contessa
The Missing Sister
The Sapphire Widow
Before the Rains
Dinah Jefferies 3-Book Collection
The Silk Merchant's Daughter
The Separation
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Praise for The Tea Planter's Wife

Beautifully written and heart rending, this has a magical setting with a real sense of period.

Katie Fforde, 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'

Isabel Wolff, author of Ghostwritten

Vibrant and compelling - Dinah Jefferies perfectly captures the flavour of colonial Ceylon

Rosanna Ley, 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

Kate Furnivall, 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