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Re: Memoirs of a Geisha
I finally read this book earlier this year after having it sitting on a shelf for a long time. Once began I couldn't think why I had left it so long. I was completeley fascinated by the decription of life in Japan before and during WWII.Of course Sayuri was a victim of men but also of the women in the Geisha compound, and probably would not have survived the war but for the intervention of the Chairman, who I believe really loved her.However, Sayuri's own strength of will to survive everything that life threw at her including the loss of her son, was an uplifting message of hope for everyone.
by Maggie on Sunday November 16, @08:33AM
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Fiction or not, this is an amazing book! I was in search of something to read after "Best Friends"...yuck, by the way. The cover attracted me, the discription sold me and I'm loving it! I have yet to finish it, I try sneaking in a few paragraphs at work.
Glad to have found this site by the way. Alana
by Alana on Monday June 28, @01:31PM
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Loss of her son? Where in the book did she lose her son? There was a hint in the novel that she had a son, I thought that was as far as the author went.
by karie on Tuesday July 20, @09:32PM
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The author wasnt hinting that she had a son. Because of the scandal of the popular buisnessman who passed his business to the son he had with his mistress (geisha)instead of his son with his wife, the man who was to be adopted and take over the chairman's business backed out. It was well known the Chairman had a mistress, so the guy was thinking there was a chance he would marry the chairmans daughter and then not get the business. She said that the chairman was angry all the time after this occured. So she made the point that if she were to move to another country she would take whatever kids she might have had. Giving the public the impression that if she had had children they would go with her and not return. SO then the almost adopted son would have no doubt of taking over the business and would go through with the marriage. Do you get it now? She did it for the chairman.
by vic on Saturday February 04, @12:49AM
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