Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780007208005
ISBN number: 0007208006
Label: HarperCollins Publishing houses Ltd
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishing houses Ltd
Page Count: 800
Printing Date: May 02, 2006
Publishing house: HarperCollins Publishing houses Ltd
Sale Popularity Level: 1228155
Studio: HarperCollins Publishing houses Ltd
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Set in Whitechapel in 1888, 'The Tea Rose' is a tale of a love lost and won, of a family's destruction, of murder and revenge - and one young woman's quest to escape the poverty of her childhood and make her fortune in the tea trade. Fiona Finnegan is the spirited, ambitious daughter of an Irish dock worker. She longs to break free from the squalid lanes and alleys of Whitechapel, where she has a job in a tea factory. With the love of her life, Joe Bristow, she dreams of escaping the poverty and opening her own tea shop. But one by one her dreams fall apart as her father is killed in a dock accident, Joe is seduced by another woman, and her mother is viciously murdered - a suspected victim of Jack, the Ripper. Devastated, her life in tatters, Fiona flees to New York where she sets up home with her alcoholic uncle. Slowly, she builds his small grocery shop into a thriving tea house, and her new life flourishes. After years of hard work, she establishes herself as the head of her own powerful tea empire. But she cannot forget London - or Joe. Convinced that her father was murdered by his brutal employer, Fiona vows to seek revenge and ruin him once and for all. Making her way back to the streets of her impoverished childhood, Fiona must start her fight again. From the bleak poverty and filthy back streets of London to the glossy sophistication of Fifth Avenue, from East End dock workers to New York socialites, 'The Tea Rose' is a charming, heart warming and ultimately life-affirming novel.
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I purchased this book as a gift for my teenage daughter and she really loved it. She now wants to read "The Winter Rose" by the same author.
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I am so glad I happened across this book a few years back while searching for a good read in my town library. I fell in love with everything about it. I haven't read another book that I have so thoroughly adored since. I have yet to read the sequel The Winter Rose but it is in my to be read stack. I highly recommend this book.
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This is a wonderful beginning to a multi book saga. The characters are so well developed. The story is beautiful, tragic, and inspiring. You want to hate Joe for what he does to Fiona but you can't. I could not put this book down and it's a must read. One of my all time favorite books, though the Winter Rose is a bit better than Tea Rose. They both are so superbly written. Why can't there be more books like this.
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Really did enjoy this compelling story. I love to read books that I just can't put down. Loved Tea Rose so much that I rushed out and bought the sequel, Winter Rose, and found it to be even better.
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I loved this book. It made me cry, laugh, get all excited, and stay up the whole night. If you like historical fiction with a bit of romance, this is a must!!!!
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