Tea at the Empress

<p>In the 1920s suffragist Edith fights to climb the ladder at Victoria's <em>Daily Colonist</em> while trying to live the life of a free modern woman in a society that isn't quite ready for it.</p><p><br></p><p>In the 1910s Edith sees the love of her life head off to fight a far-away war while she struggles to find her way around Victorian attitudes especially her mother's.</p><p><br></p><p>Trying to build her future Edith suddenly finds herself face-to-face with her past as long-hidden family secrets make their way out into the open.</p><p><br></p><p>In alternating timelines <em>Tea at the Empress</em> examines an era when the personal was undeniably political for women in general and individually as they worked to figure out how to bring a new and better world to life.</p>