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Author:

Cooper, Tea, author.

Title:

The woman in the green dress / Tea Cooper.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Pressa part of Gale, a Cengage Company,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

497 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Widows--Fiction.
Young women--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Opals--Fiction.
Taxidermy--Fiction.
Curiosities and wonders--Fiction.
Inheritance and succession--Fiction.
Large type books.
Sydney (N.S.W.)--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.
Sydney (N.S.W.)--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.
Hawkesbury River (N.S.W.)--History--Fiction.
Australia--Fiction.
Large type books.
Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.

Summary:

"A cursed opal, a gnarled family tree, and a sinister woman in a green dress emerge in the aftermath of World War I. After a whirlwind romance, London teashop waitress Fleur Richards can't wait for her new husband, Hugh, to return from the Great War. But when word of his death arrives on Armistice Day, Fleur learns he has left her a sizable family fortune. Refusing to accept the inheritance, she heads to his beloved home country of Australia in search of the relatives who deserve it more. In spite of her reluctance, she soon finds herself the sole owner of a remote farm and a dilapidated curio shop full of long-forgotten artifacts, remarkable preserved creatures, and a mystery that began more than sixty-five years ago. With the help of Kip, a repatriated soldier dealing with the sobering aftereffects of war, Fleur finds herself unable to resist pulling on the threads of the past. What she finds is a shocking story surrounding an opal and a woman in a green dress. . . a story that, nevertheless, offers hope and healing for the future. This romantic mystery from award-winning Australian novelist Tea Cooper will keep readers guessing until the astonishing conclusion. "Readers of Kate Morton and Beatriz Williams will be dazzled. The Woman in the Green Dress spins readers into an evocative world of mystery and romance in this deeply researched book by Tea Cooper. There is a Dickensian flair to Cooper's carefully constructed world of lost inheritances and found treasures as two indomitable women stretched across centuries work to reconcile their pasts while reclaiming love, identity and belonging against two richly moving historical settings. As soon as you turn the last page you want to start again just to see how every last thread is sewn in anticipation of its thrilling conclusion. One of the most intelligent, visceral and vibrant historical reads I have had the privilege of visiting in an age." --Rachel McMillan, author of The London Restoration"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1432898507
9781432898502 (hardcover : large print)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1290245322

LCCN:

2021061549

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

AJPE887 -- Matilda J. Gibson Memorial Library (Creston)

HHPC765 -- Laurens Public Library (Laurens)

WMPC185 -- Marcus Public Library (Marcus) — LP F COO

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

HIPC765 -- Pocahontas Public Library (Pocahontas)