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The tea rose, Jennifer Donnelly

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Summary
Her family and dreams shattered by her father's untimely death at the hands of a ruthless tea baron, Fiona Finnegan flees East London and eventually establishes herself at the head of the tea trade in New York
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Extent
557 p.
Note
  • "Reading group gold"--Cover
  • Includes a conversation with the Jennifer Donnelly, "My Inspiration," an original essay by the author, and reading group questions
Contents
  • East London, 1888
  • a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, a bright and defiant young woman dares to dream of a life beyond tumbledown wharves, gaslit alleys, and the grim and crumbling dwellings of the poor. Fiona Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a costermonger's son. With nothing but their faith in each other to spur them on, Fiona and Joe struggle, save, and sacrifice to achieve their dreams. But Fiona's dreams are shattered when the actions of a dark and brutal man take from her nearly everything
  • and everyone
  • she holds dear. Fearing her own death at the dark man's hands, she is forced to flee London for New York. There, her indomitable spirit
  • and the ghosts of her past
  • propel her rise from a modest west side shopfront to the top of Manhattan's tea trade. Fiona's old ghosts do not rest quietly, however, and to silence them, she must venture back to the London of her childhood, where a deadly confrontation with her past becomes the key to her future. The Tea Rose is a towering old-fashioned story, imbued with a modern sensibility, of a family's destruction, of murder and revenge, of love lost and won again, and of one determined woman's quest to survive and triumph. Authentic and moving, The Tea Rose is an unforgettable novel
  • one certain to take its place beside such enduring epics as A Woman of Substance, The Thorn Birds, and The Shell Seekers
Isbn
9780312378028
Instance
Label
The tea rose
Title
The tea rose
Statement of responsibility
Jennifer Donnelly
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Her family and dreams shattered by her father's untimely death at the hands of a ruthless tea baron, Fiona Finnegan flees East London and eventually establishes herself at the head of the tea trade in New York
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Donnelly, Jennifer
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
Series statement
The rose trilogy
Series volume
1
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Murder victims' families
  • Fathers
  • Businesswomen
  • Tea trade
  • Revenge
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • London (England)
Label
The tea rose, Jennifer Donnelly
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • "Reading group gold"--Cover
  • Includes a conversation with the Jennifer Donnelly, "My Inspiration," an original essay by the author, and reading group questions
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
East London, 1888 -- a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, a bright and defiant young woman dares to dream of a life beyond tumbledown wharves, gaslit alleys, and the grim and crumbling dwellings of the poor. Fiona Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a costermonger's son. With nothing but their faith in each other to spur them on, Fiona and Joe struggle, save, and sacrifice to achieve their dreams. But Fiona's dreams are shattered when the actions of a dark and brutal man take from her nearly everything -- and everyone -- she holds dear. Fearing her own death at the dark man's hands, she is forced to flee London for New York. There, her indomitable spirit -- and the ghosts of her past -- propel her rise from a modest west side shopfront to the top of Manhattan's tea trade. Fiona's old ghosts do not rest quietly, however, and to silence them, she must venture back to the London of her childhood, where a deadly confrontation with her past becomes the key to her future. The Tea Rose is a towering old-fashioned story, imbued with a modern sensibility, of a family's destruction, of murder and revenge, of love lost and won again, and of one determined woman's quest to survive and triumph. Authentic and moving, The Tea Rose is an unforgettable novel -- one certain to take its place beside such enduring epics as A Woman of Substance, The Thorn Birds, and The Shell Seekers
Control code
000042952804
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
First St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Extent
557 p.
Isbn
9780312378028
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)156832492
Label
The tea rose, Jennifer Donnelly
Publication
Note
  • "Reading group gold"--Cover
  • Includes a conversation with the Jennifer Donnelly, "My Inspiration," an original essay by the author, and reading group questions
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
East London, 1888 -- a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, a bright and defiant young woman dares to dream of a life beyond tumbledown wharves, gaslit alleys, and the grim and crumbling dwellings of the poor. Fiona Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a costermonger's son. With nothing but their faith in each other to spur them on, Fiona and Joe struggle, save, and sacrifice to achieve their dreams. But Fiona's dreams are shattered when the actions of a dark and brutal man take from her nearly everything -- and everyone -- she holds dear. Fearing her own death at the dark man's hands, she is forced to flee London for New York. There, her indomitable spirit -- and the ghosts of her past -- propel her rise from a modest west side shopfront to the top of Manhattan's tea trade. Fiona's old ghosts do not rest quietly, however, and to silence them, she must venture back to the London of her childhood, where a deadly confrontation with her past becomes the key to her future. The Tea Rose is a towering old-fashioned story, imbued with a modern sensibility, of a family's destruction, of murder and revenge, of love lost and won again, and of one determined woman's quest to survive and triumph. Authentic and moving, The Tea Rose is an unforgettable novel -- one certain to take its place beside such enduring epics as A Woman of Substance, The Thorn Birds, and The Shell Seekers
Control code
000042952804
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
First St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Extent
557 p.
Isbn
9780312378028
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)156832492

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