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'''JMRL's [[Same Page Community Read]]''' is a community reading program to promote and discuss one book throughout March 2019 by an author featured at the [http://www.vabook.org/ Virginia Festival of the Book]. JMRL invites all book lovers in Central Virginia to join this reading initiative. Read and discuss [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?tea+girl+of+hummingbird+lane '''The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane'''] by [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/a?see+lisa '''Lisa See'''] and participate in programs about the book, its themes, and its author.  The author will be at JMRL's Northside Library on March 2oth at 6pm, and this event will be free and open to the public. 

We've selected a list of books, movies, and music in the JMRL collection that will inspire further exploration and enhance your reading.   Find more resources and discussion questions for this book in []. Find information on programs, contests and more by visiting [http://www.jmrl.org/samepage JMRL's Same Page].

==About the Author== 

Lisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of ''Snow Flower and the Secret Fan'', ''Peony in Love'', ''Shanghai Girls'', ''Dreams of Joy'', and ''China Dolls''. Her most recent novel, ''The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane'', was released by Scribner in March 2017. Booklist has said of the new novel, “See’s focus on the unbreakable bonds between mothers and daughters, by birth and by circumstance, becomes an extraordinary homage to unconditional love.” Ms. See has also written a mystery series that takes place in China, as well as On Gold Mountain, which is about her Chinese-American family. Her books have been published in 39 languages. Ms. See was honored as National Woman of the Year by the Organization of Chinese American Women in 2001, was the recipient of the Chinese American Museum’s History Makers Award in 2003, and is slated to receive the Golden Spike Award from the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California in 2017.

Ms. See wrote the libretto for Los Angeles Opera based on On Gold Mountain, which premiered in June 2000. That same year, she also curated the exhibition On Gold Mountain: A Chinese American Experience at the Autry Museum. Ms. See then helped develop and curate the Family Discovery Gallery at the Autry Museum, an interactive space for children and their families that focused on Lisa’s bi-racial, bi-cultural family. The installation was up for twelve years. In 2003, she curated the inaugural exhibition—a retrospective of artist Tyrus Wong—for the grand opening of the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles. In addition, she designed a walking tour of L.A.’s Chinatown and wrote the companion guidebook for Angels Walk L.A. to celebrate the opening of the MTA’s Chinatown station. As a longtime trustee on the University of California Press Foundation, she endowed the Lisa See Endowment Fund in Southern California History and Culture.

Read See's [https://www.lisasee.com/about-lisa-see/ biography on her webpage].


==Works by Lisa See==

F See
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1308340~S9 '''China Dolls''']
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1193078~S9 '''Dragon Bones''']
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?dreams+of+joy '''Dreams of Joy]
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?flower+net '''Flower Net''']
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1082086~S9 '''The Interior''']
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?peony+in+love '''Peony in Love''']
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?shanghai+girls '''Shanghai Girls''']
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?snow+flower+and+the+secret+fan '''Snow Flower and the Secret Fan''']
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*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?on+gold+mountain '''On Gold Mountain''']


==Related Reading - Fiction==

This list of adult fiction related reading includes themes of mother-daughter relationships, Chinese identities, tea, and transnational adoption.

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?cider+house+rules '''Cider  House Rules'''] by John Irving
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?days+without+end+sebastian'''Days without End'''] by  Sebastian Barry
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?digging+to+america'''Digging to America'''] by Anne Tyler
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?expatriates+janice+lee'''The Expatriates'''] by Janice Lee
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?fortunes+peter+ho'''The Fortunes'''] by Peter Ho 
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?kinship+of+secrets'''The Kinship of Secrets'''] by Eugenia Kim
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?language+of+flowers+diffenbaugh '''The Language of Flowers'''] by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?leavers+ko'''The Leavers'''] by Lisa Ko
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?love+wife'''The Love Wife''']by Gish Jen
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?mothers+gilmore'''The Mothers'''] by Jennifer Gilmore
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?Orphan+train+kline '''Orphan Train'''] by Christina Baker Kline
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?river+of+stars+hua'''A River of Stars'''] by Vanessa Hua
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?secret+daughter+gowda'''The Secret Daughter'''] by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?somebodys+daughter+lee'''Somebody's Daughter'''] by Marie Myung-Ok Lee
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?that+kind+of+mother'''That Kind of Mother'''] by Rumaan Alam

==Related Reading - Nonfiction==

===China===
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?good+women+of+china '''The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices'''] by Xinran
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?one+child+the+story+of+chinas+most+radical+experiment '''One Child : The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment'''] by Mei Fong

===Memoir===
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?all+you+can+ever+know '''All You Can Ever Know'''] by Nicole Chung
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?beyond+good+intentions+register '''Beyond Good Intentions : a Mother Reflects on Raising Internationally Adopted Children'''] by Cheri Register
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?bitterroot+a+salish+memoir+of+transracial+adoption '''Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption'''] by Susan Harness
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?lucky+girl+hopgood '''Lucky Girl'''] by Mei-Ling Hopgood
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?MOM+and+ME+and+MOM '''Mom & Me & Mom'''] by Maya Angelou
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?secret+daughter+june+cross '''Secret Daughter : a Mixed-race Daughter and the Mother who Gave her Away'''] by June Cross
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?why+be+happy+when+you+could+be+normal+winterson '''Why be Happy when You could be Normal'''] by Jeanette Winterson

===Mother/Daughter Communication===
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?side+by+side+sophy '''Side-by-side : the Revolutionary Mother-Daughter Program for Conflict-free Communication'''] by Charles Sophy 
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?youre+wearing+that+tannen '''You're Wearing That? : Understanding Mothers and Daughters in conversation''']  by Deborah Tannen

===Tea===
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?for+all+the+tea+in+china '''For All the Tea in China : How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History'''] by Sarah Rose
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?empire+of+tea '''The Empire of Tea : the Remarkable History of the Plant that Took over the World'''] by Alan Macfarlane and Iris Macfarlane
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?history+of+the+world+in+6+glasses '''A History of the World in 6 Glasses'''] by Tom Standage
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?tea+history+terroirs+varieties '''Tea: History, Terroirs, Varieties'''] by Kevin Gascoyne 
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?way+of+tea+and+justice '''The Way of Tea and Justice : Rescuing the World's Favorite Beverage from its Violent History'''] by Becca Stevens


==Movies==

*DVD 362 Somewhere
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1281964~S9 '''Somewhere Between - A Documentary''']
*DVD Lion
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1356066~S9 '''Lion''']
*DVD Philomena
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1302844~S9 '''Philomena''']
*DVD Snow
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1279806~S9 '''Snow Flower and the Secret Fan''']


==Books for Teens==

===Fiction===
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?alex+crow '''The Alex Crow'''] by Andrew Smith
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?all+the+broken+pieces+a+novel+in+verse '''All the Broken Pieces: A Novel in Verse'''] by Anne E. Burg
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?american+panda '''American Panda''']by Gloria Chao
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?astonishing+color '''The Astonishing Color of After'''] by Emily X. R. Pan
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?benway+far+from+the+tree '''Far From the Tree'''] by Robin Benway
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?finding+miracles '''Finding Miracles'''] by Julia Alvarez
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?zarr+how+to+save+a+life '''How to Save a Life'''] by Sara Zarr
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?inexplicable+logic+of+my+life '''The Inexplicable Logic of My Life'''] by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?relative+strangers'''Relative Strangers'''] by Paula Garner
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?welcome+home+an+anthology '''Welcome Home: An Anthology on Love and Adoption''']
*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?when+the+black+girl+sings '''When the Black Girl Sings'''] by Bil Wright

===Nonfiction===

*92 Barakat
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?tasting+sky+barakat '''Tasting the Sky, by Ibtisam Barakat''']

==Books for Youth==
	
===Middle Grade===

*J Yang
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?front+desk '''Front Desk''']
*J Hargrave
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1368241~S9 '''The Island at the End of Everything''']

===Children's Fiction===

*JP Friedman
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/record=b1252849~S9 '''Star of the Week''']
*JP Lambert
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?real+sisters+pretend '''Real Sisters Pretend'''] 
*J Jun
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?my+beijing '''My Beijing'''] 
*J O’Neill 
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?tea+dragon+society '''The Tea Dragon Society''']
*J Sheva
:[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?dara+palmer '''Dara Palmer’s Major Drama'''] 








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