{"product_id":"the-tea-girl-of-hummingbird-lane","title":"The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Lisa See \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Lisa See, a moving story about tradition, tea farming, and the enduring connection between mothers and daughters. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn their remote mountain village, Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea.  For the Akha people, ensconces in ritual and routine, life goes on as it has for generations. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stranger’s arrival marks the first entrance of the modern world in the lives of the Akha people. Slowly, 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—conceived with a man her parents consider a bad match—she rejects the tradition that would compel her to give the child over to be killed, and instead leaves her, wrapped in a blanket with a tea cake tucked in its folds, near an orphanage in a nearby city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Li-yan comes into herself, leaving her insular village for an education, a business, and city life, her daughter, Haley, is raised in California by loving adoptive parents. Despite her privileged childhood, Haley wonders about her origins, and across the ocean Li-yan longs for her lost daughter. Over the course of years, each searches for meaning in the study of Pu’er, the tea that has shaped their family’s destiny for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA powerful story about two women separated by circumstance, culture, and distance, \u003cem\u003eThe Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable portrait of a little known region and its people and a celebration of the bonds of family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52851298599201,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/1011\/2545\/files\/IMG-1050_baafafe1-27c1-4a48-b706-13cbc4e2a4bc.jpg?v=1781544127","url":"https:\/\/www.elmsidegoods.com\/products\/the-tea-girl-of-hummingbird-lane","provider":"Elmside Goods ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}