{"product_id":"9780241969557","title":"The Tea Planter's Wife : The mesmerising escapist historical romance that became a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Dinah Jefferies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHistorical fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 September 2015 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 448 pages\u003cbr\u003e131 x 198 x 28mm | 316g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNineteen-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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 the grounds - that her husband refuses to discuss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as Gwen finds her feet, disaster strikes. She faces a terrible choice, hiding the truth from almost everyone, but a secret this big can't stay buried forever . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dinah Jefferies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57548600967493,"sku":"9780241969557","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780241969557.jpg?v=1774886663","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780241969557","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}