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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 educa...

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Main Author: See, Lisa (Author)
Other Authors: Miles, Ruthie Ann (Narrator), Glenn, Kimiko, 1989- (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2017]
Edition:Unabridged.
Subjects:
Adopted children > Fiction.
Chinese American teenagers > California > Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Akha (Southeast Asian people) > China > Fiction.
Group identity > China > Fiction.
Psychological fiction > California.
Domestic fiction > California.
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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.
Item Description:Title from disc label.
Compact disc.
Physical Description:12 audio discs (approximately 14 hrs.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:14:00:00
ISBN:9781508226536
1508226539
9781508261476
1508261474
Author Notes:Lisa See was born in Paris but grew up in Los Angeles, spending much of her time in Chinatown. She is of Chinese decent. Her first book, On Gold Mountain: The One Hundred Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family (1995), was a national bestseller and a New York Times Notable Book. The book traces the journey of Lisa's great-grandfather, Fong See. Her first fiction novel, Flower Net (1997) was a national bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, and on the Los Angeles Times Best Books List for 1997. Flower Net was also nominated for an Edgar award for best first novel.

In addition to writing books, Ms. See was the Publishers Weekly West Coast Correspondent for 13 years. Her bestselling novels, all inspired by her Chinese heritage, include Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, A Peony in Love, Shanghi Girls, Dreams of Joy and China Dolls. Among her awards and recognitions are the Organization of Chinese Americans Women's 2001 award as National Woman of the Year and the 2003 History Makers Award presented by the Chinese American Museum. See serves as a Los Angeles City Commissioner.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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