The teahouse fire5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Told in an enchanting and unforgettable voice, The Teahouse Fire is a lively, provocative, and lushly detailed historical novel of epic scope and compulsive readability. The Teahouse Fire Lib/E Audio CD Unabridged, 6 December 2006 by Ellis Avery (Author), Barbara Caruso (Reader) 91 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 14.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 19.48 5 Used from 17.71 3 New from 19.48 Paperback 38.35 2 Used from 11.12 6 New from 30. Aurelia becomes Yukako’s closest companion, and they, the Shin family, and all of Japan face a time of great challenges and uncertainty. We see it all through the eyes of Aurelia, an American orphan adopted by the Shin family, proprietors of a tea ceremony school, after their daughter, Yukako, finds her hiding on their grounds. It was a period when wearing a different color kimono could make a political statement, when women stopped blackening their teeth to profess an allegiance to Western ideas, and when Japan’s most mysterious rite-the tea ceremony-became not just a sacramental meal, but a ritual battlefield. ![]() The story of two women whose lives intersect in late-nineteenth-century Japan, The Teahouse Fire is also a portrait of one of the most fascinating places and times in all of history-Japan as it opens its doors to the West. “Like attending seasons of elegant tea parties-each one resplendent with character and drama. The Teahouse Fire Ellis Avery Highbridge Audio Books 201 Sixth Street SE, Suite 220, Minneapolis, MN 55414 1598870785 39.95 1-80 Barbara Caruso brings to life Ellis Averys novel THE TEAHOUSE FIRE, a story of Japan as its opening up to the West for the first time. ![]()
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