1 Ratings 12 Want to read 0 Currently reading 1 Have read Overview View 12 Editions Details Reviews Lists Related Books Publish Date DecemPublisher St.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.Īuthentic and moving, Jennifer Donnelly's The Tea Rose is an unforgettable novel. The Tea Rose A Novel Reprint edition by Jennifer Donnelly 1.00 But how can she When Joe is the only man she has ever loved The first instalment of Jennifer Donnellys acclaimed romance trilogy, The Tea Rose will leave you. Fearing her own death at the dark man's hands, she is forced to flee London for New York. With nothing but their faith in each other to spur them on, Fiona and Joe struggle, save, and sacrifice to achieve their dreams.īut Fiona's dreams are shattered when the actions of a dark and brutal man take from her nearly everything-and everyone-she holds dear. 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.įiona 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.

I really did want to like this book, because I normally like historical fiction situated in the. 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. Review: The Tea Rose, by Jennifer Donnelly. Size One Size Gender All genders Condition Very good used condition Description 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.Įast London, 1888-a city apart.

The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly