The Tea Girl Of Hummingbird Lane

Explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter, who has been adopted by an American couple, tracing the very di... (more)

Explores the lives 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. (less)

"In a remote Chinese mountain village, Li-yan and her family align their lives around the farming of tea. Life goes on a... (more)

"In a remote Chinese mountain village, Li-yan and her family align their lives around the farming of tea. Life goes on as it has for generations - until a stranger apears, bringing the modern world to the lives of the Akha people. 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, she leaves her near an orphanage. While Li-yan leaves her village for an education, a business, and city life, her daughter, Haley, is raised in California by loving adoptive parents. Haley wonders about her origins and Li-yan longs for her lost daughter"--Page [4] of cover. (less)