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REVIEWS: The Tea Girl of
Hummingbird Lane
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GoodReads
The Washington Post
Book Companion
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See, a
moving novel about tradition, tea farming, and the bonds between
mothers and daughters. In their remote mountain village, Li-yan
and her family align their lives around the seasons and the
farming of tea. For the Akha people, ensconced in ritual and
routine, life goes on as it has for generations—until a stranger
appears at the village gate in a jeep, the first automobile any
of the villagers has ever seen. The stranger’s arrival marks the
first entrance of the modern world in the lives of the Akha
people. Slowly, Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her
mountain, begins to reject the customs that shaped her early
life. When she has a baby out of wedlock—conceived with a man
her parents consider a poor choice—she rejects the tradition
that would compel her to give the child over to be killed, and
instead leaves her, wrapped in a blanket with a tea cake tucked
in its folds, near an orphanage in a nearby city. A powerful
story about circumstances, culture, and distance, The Tea Girl
of Hummingbird Lane paints an unforgettable portrait of a little
known region and its people and celebrates the bond of family.
Characters: 68. Amazon rating: 4 1/2 stars. Genre: Fiction.
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