01992cam a2200529 i 4500 295027472 TxAuBib 20170616120000.0 161212t20162015||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016298125 9780451495976 hbk. 0451495977 hbk. TxAuBib rda Jefferies, Dinah, 1948- The Tea Planter's Wife [HC] : a novel / Dinah Jefferies. First edition. New York : Crown, [2016] ©2015. 418 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-418). 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. 20170616. 1505-1948. Married women Fiction. British Sri Lanka Fiction. British Sri Lanka Fiction. Tea plantations Sri Lanka Fiction. Secrecy Fiction. Pregnancy Fiction. British. Married women. Pregnancy. Secrecy. Tea plantations. Wives Fiction. Plantations Sri Lanka Fiction. Sri Lanka History 1505-1948 Fiction. Sri Lanka History 20th century Fiction. Sri Lanka. Historical fiction. Fiction. History. Historical fiction.