The teahouse fire
By: Ellis Avery
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9781594489303
Subjects: Japanese tea ceremony; Social life and customs; Americans; Fiction
Description: The story of two women whose lives intersect in late nineteenth century Japan, this novel is also a portrait of Japan as it opens its doors to the West. Told through the enchanting voice of Aurelia, an American orphan adopted by proprietors of a tea ceremony school, this book is "equal parts love story, imaginative history and bildungsroman" (Publishers Weekly).--From publisher description.