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Set in 1920s Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), the novel follows a young Englishwoman who marries a charismatic tea planter who has already lost his first wife. As she settles into her new life on the plantation, she slowly learns that her husband keeps haunting secrets about his past, including a dark mystery surrounding his first wife. These revelations threaten to unravel the fragile peace of their marriage and force her to confront the hidden truths of the colonial society she has entered.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Dinah Jefferies
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