The Tea Planter's Wife Wines

The Tea Planter's Wife WinesThe story of a young woman's journey through love, motherhood and loss in 1920s Ceylon 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

With vulnerability and grace

whilst learning about different countries and cultures

the Italian cycling champion Gino Bartali

and the Stratford Olympic area is fully incorporated into the book

suffered from bouts of insanity

founder of the popular blog My Scandinavian Home

If you're both willing to work at it

beautifully drawn exploration into complicated family and personal relationships and the frailty and fortitude of a girl simply trying to succeed

author of Possum Magic and Where is the Green Sheep

in a contemporary American restaurant

It's funny

Jhumpa Lahiri