false <![CDATA[The Tea Rose (The Tea Rose, #1)]]> 261331 11 The Tea Rose is a towering old-fashioned story, imbued with a modern sensibility that is fresh, compelling, and perfectly pitched for these times. This sweeping epic follows young Fiona Finnegan's climb from the teeming streets of East London. Her dreams of leaving her home behind are shattered when her father, a dockworker and union organizer, is killed in an accident. Crushing poverty, the loss of her lifelong love, and the destruction of her family quickly follow. When Fiona discovers that her fathers death was no accident, but a murder engineered by a ruthless tea baron bent on destroying the union, she flees to New York to save her own life. There, the ghosts of her past propel her to the very top of the city's tea trade. A decade later, armed with tremendous wealth, she returns to London to reclaim her lost love and exact a breathtaking revenge. 1296201 book 2002 The Tea Rose total:1126|5:485|4:398|3:178|2:51|1:14| 1126 4667 2088 316 5 7 false false Tue Jan 13 06:01:28 -0800 2009 Thu Jul 30 14:38:00 -0700 2009
Well, I take that ba...more...]]> 1 3 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 21:39:22 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 16 08:47:12 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Mar 14 16:17:20 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 16:17:20 -0700 2009 Revenge is sweet. And the good girl does not finish last!
The magic of the story is in the telling. This long long long book finishes too soon, that's a good test; and it stays with you for a while, another good test; and characters you know like you met them...more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 07:47:30 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 09:05:55 -0800 2008 Too long....I like long books but I got impaitent with some parts of this book be...more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Mar 17 05:40:51 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 05:41:37 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 20 01:30:18 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 10:24:28 -0700 2008 The Pillars of the Earth that I read back in March.

The Tea Rose is the story of Fiona Finnegan, of ho...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 13:21:04 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 13:28:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Apr 14 22:53:30 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 15:22:44 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 20:17:48 -0700 2008
I was reminded of Taylor Ca...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 13:18:12 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 04:50:20 -0800 2008 I don't mind long books, ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 06:59:22 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 10:15:48 -0700 2008
I liked this book, and recommend it, but it wasn't terrific. There are lots of coincidences in the plot that tear away the necessary suspension o...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 20:56:20 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 09:08:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 20:39:39 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 21:20:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 29 15:10:36 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 15:16:28 -0800 2008
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 th...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 14 17:13:30 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 17:13:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 10:33:06 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 18:58:06 -0700 2009
The characters are believable, and learning about their lives was like hovering over their shoulders and watching them go about there liv...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 25 14:59:15 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 14:59:15 -0700 2009
Now, having read THE TEA ROSE, I can state that this is the sort of work Cookson would have writt...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 13:42:40 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 11:28:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 09:30:22 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 09:45:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 24 09:27:30 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 09:26:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 19 17:01:59 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 17:02:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=261331