The tea planter's wife : a novel / Dinah Jefferies.
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: 0451495977
- ISBN: 9780451495976
- Physical Description: 418 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Crown, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2015
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- General Note:
- "Originally published in Great Britain by Penguin Books, Ltd., London, England, in 2015."--Title page verso.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison Main Library | FIC JEF (Text) | 30229101035292 | Adult Fiction Display | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F JEFFERIES (Text) | 39493108027345 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Annie Hubbard McEachern Public Library | F JEFFERIES (Text) | 34510000558260 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bunn Branch | F/Jefferies (Text) | 72350000096830 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Canton Library | F Jefferies (Text) | 33115007658838 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Columbus Library | F JEF (Text) | 31250200011906 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | F JEFFERIES (Text) | 31781061883524 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Etowah Branch | JEF (Text) | 33258008645454 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Fletcher Branch | JEF (Text) | 33258008645447 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | F Jef (Text) | 30308101134923 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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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.
