The Color of Tea

A Novel

Hannah Tunnicliffe

• Publisher: Scribner
• Year: 2012
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9781451682830
• Subtopic: Women in Fiction
• Index: Literature

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Description
• About Hannah Tunnicliffe
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Prologue
• Chapter 1: L’Arrivée—Arrival
• Chapter 2: Remède de Délivrance—Rescue Remedy
• Chapter 3: La Ville-Lumière—City of Light
• Chapter 4: La Poudre à Canon—Gunpowder
• Chapter 5: Une Petite Flamme—A Tiny Flame
• Chapter 6: Un Bon Début—A Good Start
• Chapter 7: Raiponce—Rapunzel
• Chapter 8: L’Espoir—Hope
• Chapter 9: Un Peu de Bonté—A Little Kindness
• Chapter 10: Rêve d’un Ange—Dream of an Angel
• Chapter 11: Coeur Curatif—Healing Heart
• Chapter 12: Le Dragon Rouge—Red Dragon
• Chapter 13: Cirque—Circus
• Chapter 14: La Fièvre—Fever
• Chapter 15: Brise d’Été—Summer Breeze
• Chapter 16: Saison Orageuse—Storm Season
• Chapter 17: Verre de Mer—Sea Glass
• Chapter 18: Une Vie Tranquille—A Quiet Life
• Chapter 19: Pardon—Forgiveness
• Chapter 20: Thé pour Deux—Tea for Two
• Chapter 21: Un Petit Phénix—A Little Phoenix
• Chapter 22: La Foi—Faith
• Chapter 23: Prenez Ce Baiser—Take This Kiss
• Chapter 24: Les Soeurs—Sisters
• Chapter 25: Le Retour—Going Home
• Chapter 26: La Môme Piaf—The Little Sparrow
• Chapter 27: La Promesse—The Promise
• Epilogue
• Macarons
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Reader Group Guide