The Color of Tea (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781451682823)

An exciting debut novel set in the exotic, bustling streets of coastal China about a woman whose life is restored when she opens a small café and gains the courage to trust what's in her heart.

Macau: the bulbous nose of China, a peninsula and two islands strung together like a three-bead necklace. It was time to find a life for myself. To make something out of nothing. The end of hope and the beginning of it too.

After moving with her husband to the tiny, bustling island of Macau, Grace Miller finds herself a stranger in a foreign land--a lone redhead towering above the crowd on the busy Chinese streets. As she is forced to confront the devastating news of her infertility, Grace's marriage frays and her dreams of family shatter. She resolves to do something bold, something her impetuous mother would do, and she turns to what she loves: baking and the pleasure of afternoon tea.

Grace opens a café where she serves tea, coffee, and macarons--the delectable, delicate French cookies colored like precious stones--to the women of Macau. There, among fellow expatriates and locals alike, Grace carves out a new definition of home and family. But when her marriage reaches a crisis, secrets Grace thought she had buried long ago rise to the surface. Grace realizes it's now or never to lay old ghosts to rest and to begin to trust herself. With each mug of coffee brewed, each cup of tea steeped and macaron baked, Grace comes to learn that strength can be gleaned from the unlikeliest of places.

A delicious, melt-in-your-mouth novel featuring the sweet pleasures of French pastries and the exotic scents and sights of China, The Color of Tea is a scrumptious story of love, friendship and renewal.

Author: Hannah Tunnicliffe
ISBN-10: 1451682824
ISBN-13: 9781451682823
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2012
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/30/2012 pg. 110
Romantic Times 06/01/2012 pg. 48 - Excellent
Booklist 05/15/2012 pg. 16
Library Journal 06/01/2012 pg. 95