A review by susieliston
A Cup of Tea: A Novel of 1917 by Amy Ephron

1.0

I bought and read this when it first came out, which I see was 20 years ago, so no wonder I have no memory of it other than not liking it much. But I was willing to give it another chance, my opinion has been known to change for better or worse upon a second reading. Unfortunately I found this to be a gigantic yawn. First, it's not a WWI story, the war is just used as a gimmick. The characters are cardboard cutouts with no particular personality. Well, I guess Rosemary is supposed to be unsympathetic because she's rich and spoiled. I didn't give a fig about any of them. I may have had a vague memory of the ending, but it was still completely predictable. And silly. At least it is very short and didn't take up too much time.