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A Cup Of Tea
A Cup Of Tea | Amy Ephron
24 posts | 5 read | 8 to read
Rosemary Fell was born into privilege. She has wealth, wellconnected 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 allconsuming 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.
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MrBook
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You know it‘s been a long day as you settle in for what should be your first night mug of honeyed tea at 1:30 in the morning when that first mug is usually made at 10 pm. 😂🤣👏🏻🙈

wordslinger42 My mom, @curiouserandcurioser , drinks Vanilla Caramel every day! We once bought her three cases from Bigelow's site and gave her a "Tower of Tea" for her birthday ? 4y
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EadieB
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Slajaunie ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
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MicrobeMom
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My #cupofcheer has a Sassy Tink on it and tea inside! Always 🍵 #seasons readings @vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Liatrek I ❤️ all things Tinkerbell 😍 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love it!! 💚 5y
vkois88 So cute! 5y
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Wonderwoman89
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OMG!! My favorite tea and @umbrellagirl is doing a giveaway for the #harveyteagiveaway. My favorite tea from them is the Hot Cinnamon Spice, The Chocolate Mint, and Holiday Tea. I hope I win this one.

gradcat This looks lovely! I‘m not much of a tea drinker, so I hope you win @Wonderwoman89 ! 5y
umbrellagirl Thanks for entering 💙☕️ 5y
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bookish_wookish
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What an awesome giveaway @umbrellagirl Thank you! Ive never tried their tea before but the Green Tea with Coconut sounds amazing!
#harneyteagiveaway

umbrellagirl Thanks for entering 💙☕️💙 5y
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MPick
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Yay! #steepedinstories book mail! I‘m so excited for @TheKidUpstairs book pick and all the teas to sip along with it. I LOVE honeybush and rooibos plus this bourbon street vanilla rooibos looks (and smells) divine. Thank you so much for the picks @drokka .
Ps as per your note I love all teas - the ones I listed were the immediate that came to mind and your picks have been so lovely this far. TY☕️📚
@BookishTrish

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MPick
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On the rare occasion that my husband and I both have a morning off..we‘ve been in bed late and now he‘s making breakfast. I‘m also being pulled into my #steepedinstories book pretty aggressively... 💜📚
@TheKidUpstairs
@drokka
@BookishTrish

drokka That makes my heart smile. It has long been one of my favourite books. Anyway, I do hope you continue to be drawn in. Enjoy the lovely day with your fella. 6y
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MPick
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Diving into my #steepedinstories book at the park down the street on this warm, if cloudy,
day. @BookishTrish @drokka @TheKidUpstairs

BookishTrish That looks lovely! 6y
MPick So wonderful!! 6y
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MPick
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Well look what piece of #steepedinstories showed up today! Time to dive in! Huge thank you to @drokka for sorting out this CP issue and now we can get on with our #postalbookclub! @TheKidUpstairs @BookishTrish

TheKidUpstairs Yay! Glad it's arrived. Did you get a chance to finish 6y
drokka Yay! I‘m so happy it‘s finally there. Hopefully that‘s the end of the troubles with that novel. 😂 6y
MPick @drokka I‘m sure it‘s going to be well worth the wait! 6y
MPick @TheKidUpstairs I haven‘t yet!! 😩😩 6y
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MPick
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Thank you @drokka !! Part 1 has arrived and I just got your email that the book is en route! Eek! I‘m off to make a cuppa and finish the last few pages of my current read!! #steepedinstories @BookishTrish @TheKidUpstairs

drokka Oh yay! I‘m glad you got it 😁 6y
MPick @drokka I did! And thank you! It‘s so adorable☺️ (edited) 6y
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MPick
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Sweet @drokka ! The pre-book package has arrived and thank you so much! These teas smell so amazing, especially on this frigid April day we‘re having!
Thank you again for sending another package and hopefully the original is found soon as well! #steepedinstories
@TheKidUpstairs @BookishTrish

tammysue Love that owl infuser 💛💛 6y
LizzieChantree The tea infuser looks amazing. 6y
drokka I‘m so happy that something finally made it 😂 6y
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theresidentromantic
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Taking a moment out of my crazy day of playing catch up to have a cup of tea in my new mug ❤ Hope you Littens are surviving Monday! 😙😙

Dolly That‘s a beauty!!❤️ 6y
IamIamIam How was Iceland??? 6y
theresidentromantic @IamIamIam It was really awesome, like I went on a four day Earth science trip! I got amazing pictures of the northern lights and the Viking museum had stories that you couldn't make up. This mug was my souviner! 6y
IamIamIam That's so awesome!!! What a great opportunity for you two!! 💜🖤 6y
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TheKidUpstairs
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Congrats on your milestone @abbsinwonderland !!!

What gets me through? Sometimes it's a quiet morning snuggle with one (or both) of my little dudes, sometimes it's a quiet cup of tea, and sometimes it's getting away from it all and hiking through the forest.

Thanks for the tag, @teebe I'm going to tag my #LMPBC ladies, @DebbieGrillo @CouronneDhiver and @drokka

Thank you for the generous giveaway!!! #AbbsGiveawayWonderland

abbsinwonderland Ahh. Tea does the trick for me sometimes as well. Thanks for entering and good luck! 💜🎉📚😆 6y
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TheKidUpstairs
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Settling in with with selection for the #LMPBC and a cuppa, and I just had to share - how cute is my new Christmas mug?!?! I love him 😁

(Neither the pictured book nor the tagged one are my book club selection, I'm keeping that a secret from @CouronneDhiver @DebbieGrillo and @drokka )

CathyJ Love the mug! 6y
TricksyTails Cute mug!! 6y
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I very much enjoyed this book in all its sparsity and character stereotyping. I flew through it, which is unusual for me with any book, and found myself excited to go back to it. It oozes with drama and pieces of the time period. It also explores a range of issues, some of which are enduring and some are more specific to the time period.

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My best friend lives in Virginia so we have to do Christmas by mail. She knows me too well!

LeahBergen Wonderful! 7y
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Donna_sBookMinute I enjoyed reading this. 7y
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"And though she might not be able to control the rest of her life, it was clear she was going to have whatever she wanted for dinner."

MrBook Nice! Here's one for you, @BookBabe ! 8y
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Donna_sBookMinute
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I like how Eleanor kept her head from the very beginning. All she needed was for people to look beyond the outward appearances which gave the impression that she needed to be looked after. Nothing was further from the truth. FUN FACT: Amy is Nora Ephron's little sister. Yes, THAT Nora Ephron

UwannaPublishme How cool is that! I didn't realize Nora had a literary sister. 8y
SusanInTiburon @Uwanna Publishme there were four sisters, all writers: Nora, Amy, Delia, and Hallie. 8y
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Donna_sBookMinute
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Pity, responsibility, romance, betrayal, loyalty, denial. It's all right here in this novel set in 1917 New York. There are more heart-stopping moments than one would imagine in a book this size. It takes a skilled writer to elicit sympathy for a "side chick." But Ephron does so here.

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Donna_sBookMinute
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In the early chapters I realized I had started this book before. The setting of 1917 New York and the character of a mysterious young woman form the backdrop for Ephron's charming tale. Can't recall why I stopped reading before. The plot unfolds . . . 👩👨🏼👩🏻

Well-ReadNeck I once read a book completely through and told a friend, "was a good story but sooooo predictable" before I realized I had read it before. Predictable indeed. ? 8y
Donna_sBookMinute ☺️ Well . . . we are trying to manage these towers of TBRs. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. 8y
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TITLE ENCOUNTERED IN NARRATIVE:

"C--could I--?" the creature stammered. "Could I ask you for some money--enough for a cup of tea?"

Encountered earlier than usual (page 8).

BellaBookNook Lovely cover and snacks too!! 8y
Donna_sBookMinute @bellabooknook the cover is what grabbed me. The title, my love for teas, and a potentially short read sealed the deal. I'll probably finish it tonight. 8y
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Donna_sBookMinute
A Cup Of Tea | Amy Ephron

I've had this book for ages. The cover is what attracted me. Chapter 2 had me at "antique shop." This will be a welcome lunchtime escape. It's small enough for just about any handbag.