New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxi, [1], 394 pages. Illustrations. Genealogy Table. Maps. Sources. Autographed copy sticker on DJ. Fep creased. Signed by the author on the title page. Documenting the history of her own Chinese-American family, a journalist shares the results of five years of research, including interviews with nearly one hundred Chinese and Caucasian relatives, in a story of acceptance and discrimination. Lisa See (born 18 February 1955) is an American writer and novelist. Her books include On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family, a detailed account of See's family history, and the novels Flower Net, The Interior, Dragon Bones, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love and Shanghai Girls, which made it to the 2010 New York Times bestseller list. Both Shanghai Girls and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan received honorable mentions from the Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, is about circumstances, culture, and distance among the Akha people of Xishuangbanna, China. Her 2019 novel The Island of Sea Women is a story about female friendship and family secrets on Jeju Island before, during and in the aftermath of the Korean War. Writing under the pen name Monica Highland, See, her mother Carolyn See, and John Espey, published two novels: Lotus Land, 110 Shanghai Road, and Greetings from Southern California, a collection of early 20th Century postcards and commentary on the history they represent. She has a personal essay ("The Funeral Banquet") included in the anthology Half and Half. More