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 ...
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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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Although a long book, this was brought to my attention by two good friends who told me it was a "must read". We belong to the same book club, and they knew that the group would not read such a long book but that I would love the story and get trapped and need to read the next two in the series! They were absolutely right! Fantastic!
carol a
Nov 3, 2011
Excellant story combining history, romance and some suspense
Dreamymia
Dec 16, 2008
Love it!
I loved this book, it is a great uplifting book in which I ordered the squall right after. I lent both of them to my mom who finished both of them withing two weeks. I am waiting for her next book to come out!!
lindacat
Feb 5, 2008
Spellbinding Epic
This vast novel of a young woman's life and struggles to escape from the rough streets of Jack the Ripper's London has not a dull moment. Fiona Finnegans strong character carries her through 10 years of tumult to a long awaited reuniting and a revenge that returns her to a life she had thought lost to her forever. A very fine read now followed up by her new novel THE WINTER ROSE. Not a dull moment from beginning to end.
