Name: The Teahouse Fire
ISBN: 9781594482731

Ellis Avery

Relocated from 1866 New York to Japan by an abusive missionary guardian, young Aurelia Bernard befriends the daughter of Kyoto's most influential tea master, who accepts her into the family in spite of disapproving conventions and instructs her about the fading tradition of the tea ceremony. A first novel. Reprint.

The Teahouse Fire

This sweeping debut novel drawn from a history shrouded in secrets follows two women--one American, one Japanese--whose fates become entwined in the rapidly changing world of late-19th-century Japan.

Noha Abdelaziz

Jennifer A.

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Sabrina D. 

The story of two women whose lives intersect in late 19th-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.

The Teahouse Fire

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