The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane follows Li-Yan, a young woman from the Akha ethnic minority in Yunnan China. Born shortly after the cultural revolution, she comes of age as China is changing rapidly. When she becomes pregnant at 16, like so many other women in China at this time she abandons her newborn daughter at an orphanage. The story follows Li-Yan and her family in China as she gains an education and helps her community modernize while still retaining their values, and also follows […]
Fascinating novel set amongst little known culture
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See