The tea girl of Hummingbird Lane

Title:

Author:

See, Lisa, author.

ISBN:

9781410498014

Personal Author:

See, Lisa, author.

Publication Information:

Waterville, Maine : Wheeler Publishing, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.

Physical Description:

635 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Series:

Wheeler Publishing Large Print hardcover

General Note:

"A novel" -- cover.

Abstract:

Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gate the first automobile any of them have seen and a stranger arrives. In this remote Yunnan village, the stranger finds the rare tea he has been seeking and a reticent Akha people. In her biggest seller, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See introduced the Yao people to her readers. Here she shares the customs of another Chinese ethnic minority, the Akha, whose world will soon change . Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, translates for the stranger and is among the first to reject the rules that have shaped her existence. When she has a baby outside of wedlock, rather than stand by tradition, she wraps her daughter in a blanket, with a tea cake hidden in her swaddling, and abandons her in the nearest city.

Subject Term:

Adopted children -- Fiction.

Chinese American teenagers -- California -- Fiction.

Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.

Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.

Akha (Southeast Asian people) -- Fiction.

Group identity -- China -- Fiction.

Tea trade -- China -- Fiction.

Adoption -- Fiction.

Large type books.

Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678

Genre:

Psychological fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Document ID:

SD_ILS:2260667

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

A #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorThis thrilling new novel from Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese woman and the out-of-wedlock child she abandoned who was adopted by an American couple. A powerful story about a family separated by circumstances, culture, and distance, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane paints an unforgettable portrait of a little known region of China and its people, and celebrates the bond that connects mothers and daughters.

Author Notes

Lisa See was born in Paris but grew up in Los Angeles, spending much of her time in Chinatown. She is of Chinese decent. Her first book, On Gold Mountain: The One Hundred Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family (1995), was a national bestseller and a New York Times Notable Book. The book traces the journey of Lisa's great-grandfather, Fong See. Her first fiction novel, Flower Net (1997) was a national bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, and on the Los Angeles Times Best Books List for 1997. Flower Net was also nominated for an Edgar award for best first novel.

In addition to writing books, Ms. See was the Publishers Weekly West Coast Correspondent for 13 years. Her bestselling novels, all inspired by her Chinese heritage, include Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, A Peony in Love, Shanghi Girls, Dreams of Joy and China Dolls. Among her awards and recognitions are the Organization of Chinese Americans Women's 2001 award as National Woman of the Year and the 2003 History Makers Award presented by the Chinese American Museum. See serves as a Los Angeles City Commissioner.

(Bowker Author Biography)