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Book Review of Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha
Author: Arthur Golden
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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This is a pre-war story of an 'ugly duckling' little Japanese girl who is sold into slavery by her unwitting father after her mother dies. She and her sister are carted off to the big city and 'endentured' and sold separatley. This is such a great book that I was convinced it was a true story. The little girl grows up to be a famous geisha, then the war comes, .....