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The Tea Rose

by Jennifer Donnelly

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819 ratings, 4.17 average rating, 248 reviews (more data...)

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all editions

819 ratings, 4.17 average rating, 248 reviews

this edition

741 ratings, 4.12 average rating, 224 reviews

rating	frequency	%
5		42%
4		35%
3		15%
2		4%
1		1%

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published

May 2nd 2006 (first published 2002) by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

my review

rating:
bookshelves:	read (edit)
status:	Read in June, 2009
review:	I read the first couple pages of this book and the thickness of it and the small print, among other things, made me really doubt my choice to read it. I even went back on Goodreads to check the rating to see if it was worth finishing. Fiona Finnegan is a young girl from Whitechapel, a poor area of London. She works at a tea shop and is quite an expert at identifying tea. She contributes her wages to her family (mom, dad, brother, Charlie, brother Seamus, sister, Ellen) but saves a li...more I read the first couple pages of this book and the thickness of it and the small print, among other things, made me really doubt my choice to read it. I even went back on Goodreads to check the rating to see if it was worth finishing. Fiona Finnegan is a young girl from Whitechapel, a poor area of London. She works at a tea shop and is quite an expert at identifying tea. She contributes her wages to her family (mom, dad, brother, Charlie, brother Seamus, sister, Ellen) but saves a little to share with her best friend, and love of her life, Joe. Their dream is to open a shop together within the year, and finally start their lives together. I wasn't really into the story until a number of tragedies enter Fiona's life. Eventually, I couldn't put the book down. My only complaint was I felt that if something could go wrong, it DID. I felt like the book could've had at least 100 fewer pages if only something went right for a change. But overall I loved the book and am so glad I stuck with it.