

The Tea Rose
Author: Jennifer Donnelly
Series: Tea Rose #1
Narrator: Jill Tanner
Unabridged: 28 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/07/2014
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Author: Jennifer Donnelly
Series: Tea Rose #1
Narrator: Jill Tanner
Unabridged: 28 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/07/2014
Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Jennifer Donnelly is an award-winning author of both adult and young adult books. Her first young adult novel, A Northern Light, received many accolades, among them the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Carnegie Medal in the UK, and a Michael L. Printz Honor. Her second young adult novel, Revolution, was named a Best Book of 2010 by Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal. She lives in New York's Hudson Valley.
3.5 stars. This book is not at all what I expected! I thought it was historical fiction, but there's too much crazy melodrama for it to be that. Then I thought it was a historical romance, but it's far too detailed and well done for that, too. So the book is either extremely campy historical fiction......more
This book was once recommended to me by an old Goodreads friend when I first started on this site. I never got around to reading it and to my surprise it "magically" appeared as a free monthly download on Audible. Was I ever excited! This was a brilliant epic family saga! 5 GLOWING stars!! It has eve......more
The Tea Rose was a really good book, and I'm so glad I persevered past the absolutely devastating first 200-300-odd pages. It's one of those books that starts off with everything going so well that you know it's not going to last long. I had a sense of foreboding, but the amount of tragedy and pain......more
4.5 very strong stars! As I listened to the audiobook on Overdrive of The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly, I knew I had to make a conscious commitment to this book when I learned that it ran for twenty eight hours and thirty-one minutes. As I started listening, I was immediately drawn into this grippi......more
The Tea Rose Jennifer Donnelly “We're not punished for our sins, lad. We're punished by them.” “God didn't have to punish him; he'd created his own hell. By himself and for himself.” I don’t really know why I took so long to pick this book up. I guess I felt intimidated by its size. Also, having devour......more