Mar 05, 2024tjdickey rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A sweeping exploration of human relationships and society - what is binding and what is liberating? Mothers and daughters, men and women, teachers and students, love and marriage, culture and traditions, wealth and progress, spirits and…
Jan 27, 2024finn75 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A lush tale around the life of Li-yan a girl from a remote mountain village in China whose family depends on the tea leaves they harvest for survival. Through tragedy and hard work she raises herself and family from poverty always thinking…
Oct 26, 2023mlhadley1 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed the story, but was really dark in the beginning with the misfortunes of the main character in her early years. The importance of the tea history was a interesting addition and almost like a another character. This book had me…
A mother daughter saga about life choices and acceptance. Teenage Li-yan gives birth in secret and gives her child up for adoption to spare her life. As the child grows so does Li-yan’s rise to fame as a pu-erh tea provider. Unknowingly,…
Jul 06, 2023gramma_elaine rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This was an amazing story!!! Somewhat graphic in parts, but the overall story was beautiful! Made me cry happy tears. I loved the history in the story as well. Starts out a little slow, and I almost gave it up, but after a few chapters…
Apr 29, 2022esrobbins rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
This had a lot of good things: a strong female character, lots of research on tea-making, producing and selling, Chinese superstitions, Chinese changing culture . . . I learned a lot about tea and Chinese culture through this book.…
Feb 03, 2022DracAthos rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed this story. I thought that the history was fascinating and well researched.
I felt I could be in those mountains with the Akha people. There was such depth to the story.
When Li-Yan had to give up her child because of…
Sep 16, 2021Montlakereader rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I listened to this book as an audiobook and I really loved it! It was a riveting story with interesting characters, artfully told. But it was also a chance to think deeply about another culture in new ways for me. Every moment I spent with…
Aug 27, 2021CamilleRalston rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Riveting story. About a tea girl who gives up her daughter for adoption, all about the life of the tea family and the tea girl's harrowing adventures, and then the adopted daughter magically finds her way from the USA back to China to…
Jun 15, 2021sgcf rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Lisa See has written a tea-steeped Chinese twist on the Cinderella story, a rags-to-riches story in which the protagonist suffers much hardship but eventually gets her prince and the "glass slipper/treasure" she lost. See delivers a lot of…
May 16, 2021macjal rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I love tea and I love this book.
I drink tea everyday of my life.
This book makes you think....
It touches you on so many different levels.
Culture; family; Intelligence, Environment versus Heredity
Oct 30, 2020AnnHohl rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I loved this book. It was very interesting and I learned a lot about Chinese culture and customs. Very well written. I will keep reading works of Lisa See.
Sep 09, 2020Anita_Dickey rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I read this book to fulfill the goal read a book by a woc (woman of color) I enjoyed it very much. I was super surprised at the ending though and would have loved if it could have continued on a little further.
May 18, 2020betsymarzoni rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I love the way a good book can transport you to another time and to another place, somewhere so exotic that you know you will never travel in your lifetime, and make it so alive and so real and immerse you completely. This book did that…
Nov 19, 2019Mjthiel rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
The book was rich and interesting in history and detail but I thought the stolid writing was not up to her usual standards and read like a high brow romance novel.
I listened to the audio version over 2 years ago. Anyone who enjoyed Memiors of a Geisha would probably enjoy this book. I like the rich culture, though harsh at times. This is a book I would enjoy re-reading. I thought is was very well…
Feb 19, 2019LibraryLES rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The story was slow in the beginning and all along you kind of see what is going to happen. None the less, I enjoyed the story and the cultural elements of this book.
Dec 31, 2018eilokeeffe rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed learning about a culture I had never heard of and about the finer points of tea processing. There were some fairy tale aspects to the plot. Especially the marriage to the wealthy and inexplicably available recycling tycoon. The…
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