书目

The Tea Planter's Wife

内容简介

Nineteen-year-oldGwendolynHooperisnewlymarriedtoarichandcharmingwidower,eagertojoinhimonhisteaplantation,determinedtobetheperfectwifeandmother.ButlifeinCeylonisnotwhatGwenexpected.Theplantationworkersareresentful,theneighbourstreacherous.Andtherearecluestothepast-adustytrunkofdresses,anovergrowngravestoneinthegrounds-thatherhusbandrefusestodiscuss.JustasGwenfindsherfeet,disasterstrikes.Shefacesaterriblechoice,hidingthetruthfromalmosteveryone,butasecretthisbigcan'tstayburiedforever...

作者简介

DinahJefferieswasborninMalaysiaandmovedtoEnglandattheageofnine.Shehasworkedineducation,livedinacommuneandexhibitedworkasanartist.Dinah'sfirstnovel,TheSeparation,waspublishedbyVikingin2013;TheTeaPlanter'sWifeishersecondnovel.SheisacontributortotheGuardianandothernewspapersandlivesinGloucestershirewithherhusband.www.dinahjefferies.com@DinahJefferies,,

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