A Garage Sale Gem

My husband and I go to garage sales on a regular basis. My main reason for garage sale-ing is to find used books for my classroom library. Recently, I came across a book at one of these sales that I hadn't read yet, but the back cover made it sound intriguing. I decided to read it before I put it on my class shelf. Memoirs of a Geisha is a fake narrative of the life and times of a geisha from early childhood to old age, with a focus mainly on her time as a geisha. At first I wasn't certain what a geisha was, so I did some research and found that a geisha is basically a professional entertainer whose responsibilities include engaging company in conversations, dancing or playing music, or involving company in drinking games. I was also unsure of the pronunciation so I went to webster and discovered there are actually two pronunciations. I also learned that there were many geisha districts, such as the setting of the book, Kyoto's Gion Geisha district. I have a friend who recently traveled to Kyoto, whose picture can be seen below: So far, what I've enjoyed about this book are some of the true lines that I've found and enjoyed: "Was life nothing more than a storm that constantly washed away what had been there only a moment before, and left behind something barren and unrecognizable?" pg. 13