An Invitation to Tea

A woman marries an English tea planter and describes her life in India. An autobiography of marriage in the early part of the 20th century which has its romance in an Indian setting and the strong, kind character of George, the author's husband. She had known him as a boy when he was sent to school in England, and, in spite of her love for him, had never realized what it would mean to be parted from her family and to live an isolated jungle life. She married him in Bombay, elephants almost wrecked their train en route to their home, and her depression grew as loneliness, fear and silence took over when George kept watch on the 900 acre tea plantation on the Assam Burma frontier. But a wise doctor helped her to discipline herself, George taught her how to live at ease and a baby rounded out the picture.