The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane is a fantastic new novel by one of my favorite writers, Lisa See. It is about the Akha hill tribe people in the Yunnan region of China, who for generations have farmed tea, and held on to their customs and traditions despite the modern world encroaching upon them.

See has written many books of historical fiction based in China and her books are always meticulously researched, this one is no exception. I loved every page and was sad to come to the end. A perfect book to read with a cup of Yunnan tea or Pu-erh. If you don’t know what that is, you will learn while reading this book.