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Jul 21, 2011
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like reading books on different culture and styles. This book gave detailed descriptions of all things about geisha, from makeup to hair to clothing to ceremonies to education to housing.
Chiyo, with her sister Satsu, and her mother and father live in a leaning house by the sea on the coast of Japan. Her mother is sick and on the verge of death. Her father is a fisherman and uneducated. When a businessman Mr Tanoka from the village takes the girls to the city as the situation at home was worseni ...more
Chiyo, with her sister Satsu, and her mother and father live in a leaning house by the sea on the coast of Japan. Her mother is sick and on the verge of death. Her father is a fisherman and uneducated. When a businessman Mr Tanoka from the village takes the girls to the city as the situation at home was worseni ...more
Golden writes an intense narrative, that doesn't let go of the reader. The voice is very true to a character that is necessarily consumed by attention to details of beauty.
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