{ "item_title" : "La Joven del Té / The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane", "item_author" : [" Lisa See "], "item_description" : "Una lectura c lida, intensa y con un sabor que nos devuelve a la tierra del origen del t .Capaz de combinar belleza po tica con tramas cautivadoras, Lisa See ha ido construyendo en sus novelas, desde El abanico de seda hasta El c rculo de mujeres de la doctora Tan, un fascinante universo literario en torno a la historia y la cultura chinas. En La joven del t , vuelve a sorprendernos con un relato conmovedor sobre familia, identidad y maternidad. Suroeste de China, d cada de 1990. En una remota aldea de las monta as de Yunnan, Li Yan y su familia llevan una vida marcada por el paso de las estaciones y el cultivo del t . Como parte del pueblo akha, siguen rituales ancestrales transmitidos durante generaciones, pero Li Yan, una de las pocas j venes alfabetizadas de la zona, empieza a cuestionar las costumbres que han definido su existencia desde siempre. Cuando se queda embarazada y comprende que la tradici n exige sacrificar a los ni os nacidos fuera del matrimonio, huye dejando a su beb en las puertas de un orfanato, envuelta en una manta junto a una torta de t . As , mientras la madre renuncia a su pasado para estudiar, emprender un negocio y comenzar una nueva vida, la hija, Haley, crece en California, adoptada por una familia que la cr a con amor. Pero Haley no para de preguntarse por sus or genes, y al otro lado del mundo Li Yan no puede olvidar a la ni a que abandon . Ser que est n destinadas a reunirse alg n d a? Retrato inolvidable de una regi n poco conocida y de quienes la habitan, La joven del t es una emotiva celebraci n de los lazos indestructibles entre madre e hija, y la historia de dos mujeres separadas por la distancia y la cultura, pero unidas por el deseo de reencontrarse. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A thrilling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa See explores the lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter who has been adopted by an American couple. 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. In this remote Yunnan village, the stranger finds the rare tea he has been seeking and a reticent Akha people. In her biggest seller, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, See introduced the Yao people to her readers. Here she shares the customs of another Chinese ethnic minority, the Akha, whose world will soon change. 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. After mother and daughter have gone their separate ways, Li-yan slowly emerges from the security and insularity of her village to encounter modern life while Haley grows up a privileged and well-loved California girl. Despite Haley's happy home life, she wonders about her origins; and Li-yan longs for her lost daughter. They both search for and find answers in the tea that has shaped their family's destiny for generations. A powerful story about a family, separated by circumstances, culture, and distance, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane paints an unforgettable portrait of a little known region and its people and celebrates the bond that connects mothers and daughters.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/8/41/985/192/8419851922_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "23.95", "online_price" : "23.95", "our_price" : "23.95", "club_price" : "23.95", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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