The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

I made it to 43% but will drop this now nevertheless. There's lots of interesting stuff in here, the traditions and beliefs of the Akha minority, the tea business in China, but the plot feels soapy and melodramatic. There's something that irks me about the book wanting to tell the story of a girl growing out of her misogynistic superstitious culture, while at the same time telling her story filled with symbolism (like her giving birth under the mother tree).