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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. 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.

Ever since childhood, Emma Merrill and Sophia Mason were bound by a passion for painting. Like all young best friends, they promised to never lose touch. But the girls came from different worlds, and their paths diverged when Emma went to an elite college and Sophie worked her way through state school. After a decade they’ve reconnected, both in a time of need. Emma has been struggling with depression since her college years, and she’s lost herself under the suffocating influence of her controlling and manipulative mother.

In the South, you always say “yes, ma’am” and “no, ma’am.” You know everybody’s business. Football is a lifestyle, not a pastime. Food — especially dessert — is almost a religious experience. And you protect your friends as fiercely as you protect your family — even if the threat is something you cannot see.

Este audiolibro inclasificable es el diario poético de una exploración del encuentro de los cuerpos entre el umbral de sombras de los sueños recién abandonados y el filo de las luces recién nacidas. Los precisos y hermosos poemas de este audiolibro muestran, en cuatro ciclos de doce poemas cada uno, un itinerario de imágenes en movimiento fugaz que se detienen y vuelven, una y otra vez, como el colibrí, siempre renovados, a la sorpresa del encuentro de los cuerpos ante el día naciente.