Lisa See’s latest novel, “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane,” takes place in the fascinating world of pu’er tea, from the picking of tea leaves to the distribution of aged, fermented tea cakes in ...

"The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane" is what I call an OMG book. I have unveiled it at book lectures the past month. There have been gasps and big grins. Everyone is anxious to read it. It is ...

In her most recent book, “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane,” Lisa See weaves worlds apart — from East and Vest — in a story about a family torn apart and shaped by globalization in China. The ...

A woman from the Akha tribe of China's Yunnan province becomes a tea entrepreneur as her daughter grows up in California in Lisa See's latest, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane. The Tea Girl of ...

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New York Times bestselling novelist Lisa See is back with a new book, “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane.” Like her other recent works – “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan,” “Peony in Love,” “Shanghai ...

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Throughout my library career I have been fascinated by stories that revolve around Chinese culture. Author Lisa See has been a great find for me because in all her stories she explores China and the ...

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane is author Lisa See's critically acclaimed novel exploring the bonds between a Chinese woman and the daughter she gives up for adoption in America. See joins us to ...

Have you read “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane” by Lisa See? Join Mayor Gary Christenson for a lively and thoughtful discussion of this year’s book choice from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, ...

Lisa See, read by Ruthie Ann Miles and a full cast. S&S Audio, unabridged, 12 CDs, 14 hrs., $39.99 ISBN 978-1-5082-2653-6 Miles reads most of the novel in the role of Li-yan, a girl of the Akha, one ...

Li-Yan is the youngest daughter of an Ahka family near Nannuo Mountain in China in 1949. She tries to follow Ahka law, the rules set forth by the beliefs of this ethnic minority, but at every turn she ...