A Cup of Tea: A Novel of 1917
A Cup of Teaadds a touch of class--and a love triangle--to the classic theme of parallel  lives and their accidental crossing. New York City, in the uncertain days of World War I, is home to  Rosemary Fells, who is the sort of woman with the time to strike stunning poses and rearrange her curls;  Eleanor Smith, whom Rosemary finds under a street lamp, miserable and shivering, is certainly not. Miss  Fells indulges a whim of beneficence, whisking "the creature" home to share warmth, tea, and a  change of clothing. Once clean and dry--fortified with sandwiches and brandy--young Eleanor and  Rosemary's fiancé meet in the hallway and exchange a look, the kind of look that will forever  change the course of their lives.A Cup of Teais a well-crafted, terse novel that reads like a good short story. It's a refreshing step  back to yesterday, a time when the fates picnicked on the glass slopes of privilege.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.