The tea girl of Hummingbird Lane :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
ix, 371 pages ; 24 cm
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Production / Publication Information
New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2017.
Summary
The story of a Chinese mother and her daughter, who has been adopted by an American couple, tracing the very different cultural factors that compel them to consume a rare native tea that has shaped their family's destiny for generations.
Call Number
F SEE
Publication Date
2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781501154829 9781501154836
The tea girl of Hummingbird Lane
Author
Format:
Large print
Physical Description
635 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Production / Publication Information
Waterville, Maine : Wheeler Publishing, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
Summary
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.
Call Number
LP SEE
Publication Date
2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781410498014
The tea girl of Hummingbird Lane
Author
Format:
Audio disc
Physical Description
12 audio discs (approximately 14 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition
Unabridged.
Production / Publication Information
New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2017.
Summary
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. 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.
Electronic Access
Call Number
AUDIOBOOK CD F SEE
Publication Date
2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781508226536 9781508261476
by
See, Lisa
Format:
eBook
Electronic Format:
HTML, ADOBE EPUB, KINDLE
Vendor
Libby
by
See, Lisa
Format:
eAudiobook
Electronic Format:
LIBBY AUDIOBOOK, MP3
Vendor
Libby
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