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70 reviewsAn unforgettable novel of fearless women banding together to pursue the lives they want, inspired by the real-life historic Japanese courtesan strike
In 1903, a fifteen-year-old girl named Aoi Ichi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan. Despite her modest beginnings in a southern fishing village, she becomes the protégée of an oiran, the highest-ranking courtesan at the brothel. Through the teachings of her oiran, Shinonome, Ichi begins to understand the intertwined power of sex & money. And in her mandatory school lessons, her writing instructor, Tetsuko, encourages Ichi & the others to think clearly & express themselves. By banding together, the women organize a strike & walk away from the brothel & into the possibility of new lives.
Based on real-life events in Meiji-era Japan, award-winning & critically acclaimed veteran writer Kiyoko Murata re-creates in stunning detail the brutal yet vibrant lives of women in the red-light district at the turn of the 20th century —the bond they share, the survival skills they pass down, & the power of one's language.
