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Reader reviewed by sue789

There's a reason why this book was turned into a movie, its an awesome book.
There are some mature parts in the book, several of my friends found the whole plot and idea of this book as being really bad or pointless, but you have to consider the setting and situation that main character is in.
Motherless at a very young age, Chiyo and her sister is sold off by their father and is forced to walk different paths; Chiyo is must work in a house full of geishas, while her sister, being less attractive, is left to fend for herself.
devasted at first, Chiyo refuses to cooperate, but soon learns that the only way to servive in this world of money, skill, deceit, and men is to become a geisha herself. This is when her life story begins as a beautiful geisha as she talks of her incredible experiences which is told in a really skilled narration.