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The Sapphire Widow
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  • Published: 5 April 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241980750
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400
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The Sapphire Widow

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5 Apr 2018
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5 Apr 2018
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5 Apr 2018
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A sweeping, breathtaking story of love and betrayal from the Number One Sunday Times bestselling author of The Tea Planter's Wife

Ceylon, 1935. Louisa Reeve, the daughter of a successful British gem trader, and her husband Elliot, a charming, thrill-seeking businessman, seem like the couple who have it all. Except what they long for more than anything: a child.

While Louisa struggles with miscarriages, Elliot is increasingly absent, spending much of his time at a nearby cinnamon plantation overlooking the Indian ocean. After his sudden death, Louisa is left alone to solve the mystery he left behind. Revisiting the plantation at Cinnamon Hills, she finds herself unexpectedly drawn towards the owner, Leo, a rugged outdoors man with a chequered past. The plantation casts a spell, but all is not as it seems. And when Elliot's shocking betrayal is revealed, Louisa has only Leo to turn to...
  • Published: 5 April 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241980750
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400
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About the author

Dinah Jefferies

Dinah Jefferies was born in Malaya in 1948 and moved to England at the age of nine. She has worked in education, once lived in a rock n roll commune and, more recently, been an exhibiting artist. She spends her days writing, with time off to make tiaras and dinosaurs with her grandchildren. She has previously published The Separation with Viking, and The Tea Planter's Wife is her second novel.

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Before the Rains
The Missing Sister
The Tea Planter's Wife
The Silk Merchant's Daughter
The Separation
The Tuscan Contessa
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Praise for The Sapphire Widow

Beautifully written and heart-rending

Katie Fforde on 'The Tea Planter's Wife'

Dinah Jefferies has a remarkable gift for conjuring up another time and place with lush descriptions, full of power and intensity.

Kate Furnivall

My ideal read - I couldn't put it down

Santa Montefiore on 'The Tea Planter's Wife'

Packed with colour, history, atmosphere and plenty of twists and turns, this is a lush, escapist read

Sunday Express on 'Before the Rains'