The Tea Rose
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The Tea Rose

by Jennifer Donnelly

2002•Historical•756 pages

Taste attributes: historicaldramamysterycrimefresh & originalheavylinearemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerags to riches

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Boxlist takeEmotional and weighty: a historical novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like depth over escapism.

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3.3 / 5

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About This Book

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, 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.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

HistoricalDramaMysteryCrimeHuman spirit/resilience/survivalInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceRags to riches

Subjects

DeathFathersRevengeTea tradeMurder victims' familiesBusinesswomenTea industryBusinesspeople

Details

Author
Jennifer Donnelly
Published
2002
Pages
756
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