A Cup Of Tea: A Novel Of 1917 by Amy Ephron

A Cup Of Tea: A Novel Of 1917 by Amy Ephron

Rosemary Fell was born into privilege. She has wealth, well-connected friends, and a handsome fiance, Philip Alsop. Finally she has everything she wants.

It is then, in a moment of beneficence, that Rosemary invites Eleanor Smith, a penniless young woman she sees under a streetlamp in the rain, into her home for a cup of tea. While there, Rosemary sees Eleanor exchange an unmistakable look with Philip, and she sends Eleanor on her way. But she cannot undo this chance encounter, and it leads to a tempestuous and all-consuming love triangle -- until the tides of war throw all their lives off balance.

Inspired by a classic Katherine Mansfield short story, A Cup of Tea engages with its vivid -- and often amusing -- cast of characters, wonderful period detail, brilliant evocation of the uncertain days of World War I, and delightfully spare and picturesque sense of story.

Amy Ephron (www.amyephron.com) is a bestselling children's and adult novelist. Her first book for young readers, The Castle in the Mist, received a SCIBA Award nomination, and was followed by Carnival Magic and The Other Side of the Wall, all part of the Other Side series. Ephron is also the author of several adult books, including the international blockbuster A Cup of Tea. Her work One Sunday Morning was a Barnes & Noble Book Club selection and won the Booklist Best Fiction and Best Historical Fiction of the Year awards. She has also contributed to TIME and Air Mail Weekly, as well as Vogue, Vogue.com, and The New York Times T Magazine.

Her work has also featured in a number of other magazines. A Little Princess, a Warner Bros. film, has her as Executive Producer. Her husband and she live in Los Angeles. They have five children together.

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