Arthur Golden
I read this the first summer I went home to Maine with Ryan, nervous and terrified to meet his family! I spent three months there and realized quickly that Ryan had never given his mother an end-date. He told me I was welcome to stay as looooong as I wanted but clearly that was a little awkward! So, I booked my outbound flight (to Kiva's wedding) for three weeks later. In the meantime, I stumbled upon this fabulous great read. I was so absorbed I read it within three days (record time for me). Ryan's stepdad, Scott McMullin, is a sophisticated reader and over our many visits "home" (as Maine came to feel) he recommend some great reads.
A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha. Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old girl with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. We witness her transformation as she learns the rigorous arts of the geisha: dance and music; wearing kimono, elaborate makeup, and hair; pouring sake to reveal just a touch of inner wrist; competing with a jealous rival for men's solicitude and the money that goes with it.
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