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Memoirs of a Geisha
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Jun 14, 2020 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: good-read
If words can come off a page and stun you senseless, this is the book to read. When Chiyo a young peasant girl was sold to the Nitta okiya in Kyoto to one day become a geisha. She could not imagine the depths of the water in the sea her life would embark. From the harsh treatment from Hatsumomo, the primary geisha of the house; to apprentice geisha Mameha as her big sister; to the shamisens; to the tea houses; to the Japanese dances; to the hands of Nobu-san the cold kind business man; and final ...more
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Mar 13, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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