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Lisa See

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

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A thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been adopted by an American couple.
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…
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  • Refiloe Masitashared an impression7 years ago
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    I'm a hugest fan of Lisa See so when I heard of this book I just had to get it. Really loved this one.

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          The most important character to learn is dian. Who can tell me what it means?”
          “Lightning!” The students sing out in perfect chorus.
          “We can also call that electricity,” he says.
          “Electricity,” we repeat as one, echoing his pronunciation as closely as possible.
          “If I add the character—”
          “Speak,” we practically shout as he writes the character next to dian.
          “I get—”
          “Telephone!”
          “If I add the characters for vision and sowing seeds to dian, I get—”
          “Television!”
          “And if I write shadow next to dian, I get—”
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