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This is quite possibly one of the most evocative books I've ever read. Arthur truly brings this story to life and makes you see everything, from the designs on the Kimonos to the tatami mats in the teahouses and he makes it all so real. It's hard to believe that these aren't the memoirs of a real geisha. And although the author is male, never once does this read as having been written by a man, I don't know how he managed to so throughly get into the head of a woman, but he did. And the characte
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Riveting account of a life I knew nothing about. Read while nursing newborn baby Sam!
Mar 28, 2008
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Aug 09, 2008
Lolly K Dandeneau
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it was amazing
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