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Tea

Stacey D'Erasmo

2000217 pagesabout 3–5 hours
2000
first published
  • 2000Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill · ENGISBN 9781565128491
  • 2000Pocket Books · 317 pages · ENGISBN 9780743400589
  • 2001Washington Square Press · ENGISBN 9780684874043
  • 2000Algonquin Books · 317 pages · ENGISBN 9781565122437
  • 2001Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media · ENGISBN 9780606209366
  • 2001Women's Press Ltd,The · 217 pagesISBN 9780704346994

On a spring day in 1968, eight-year-old Isabel Gold prepares tea for her mother, certain she will drink it and recover from her mysterious sadness. But the tea remains untouched. Not long after, her mother takes her own life. Struggling to understand the ghost her mother left behind, Isabel grows up trying on new identities. Her yearning for an emotional connection finds her falling in and out of love with various women, but it is not until Isabel learns how to reach deep within herself that she begins to listen to the truths of her own heart.

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