Dinah Jefferies 3 Books Collection Set (The Tea Planters Wife, The Separation, The Silk Merchants Daughter)

Titles in This Set : The Tea Planters WifeThe SeparationThe Silk Merchants Daughter Condition : BRAND NEWFormat : PaperbackISBN : 9789123867769 The Tea Planters WifeNineteen-year-old Gwendolyn Hooper steps off a steamer in Ceylon full of optimism, eager to join her new husband. But the man who greets her at the tea plantation is not the same one she fell in love with in London.Distant and brooding, Laurence spends long days wrapped up in his work, leaving his young bride to explore the plantation alone. It's a place filled with clues to the past - locked doors, a yellowed wedding dress in a dusty trunk, an overgrown grave hidden in the grounds, far too small for an adult... The SeparationMalaya, 1955. Lydia Cartwright returns from visiting a sick friend to an empty house. The servants are gone. The phone is dead. Where is her husband Alec? Her young daughters, Emma and Fleur?Fearful and desperate, she contacts the British District Officer and learns that Alec has been posted up country. But why didn't he wait? Why did he leave no message? The Silk Merchants Daughter1952, French Indochina. Since her mother's death, eighteen-year-old half-French, half-Vietnamese Nicole has been living in the shadow of her beautiful older sister, Sylvie. When Sylvie is handed control of the family silk business, Nicole is given an abandoned silk shop in the Vietnamese quarter of Hanoi. But the area is teeming with militant rebels who want to end French rule, by any means possible. For the first time, Nicole is awakened to the corruption of colonial rule - and her own family's involvement shocks her to the core... About The Author :FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF - The Tea Planter’s Wife, The Sapphire Widow, Daughters of War, and six others.WHAT OTHER AUTHORS SAY'A warm and engrossing tale of passion and courage. I loved it' - Rachel Hore, author of A Beautiful Spy 'Love, grief, abandonment, betrayal and secrets … I adored it' - Liz Nugent, author of Our Little Cruelties'A rich tapestry of courage, passion and family secrets beneath the dark shadows of war' - Hazel Gaynor, author of The Bird in the Bamboo Cage'A glorious page-turner … a novel to disappear into' - Gill Paul, author of The Secret Wife'My ideal read; mystery, love, heart-break and joy - I couldn’t put it down' - Santa Montefiore, author of The Beekeeper’s Daughter'A terrific and atmospheric read, full of riveting detail, and very emotional too. I am sure it will be a big success' - Elizabeth Buchan, author of I Can’t Begin to Tell You'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, underpinning the whole narrative, is the moving way in which Dinah writes about the loss of children and the redemptive power of love' - Liz Trenow, author of The Poppy Factory