{"product_id":"the-teahouse-fire-used-like-new","title":"The Teahouse Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Like attending seasons of elegant tea parties—each one resplendent with character and drama. Delicious.”—Maxine Hong Kingston\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe 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. Aurelia becomes Yukako’s closest companion, and they, the Shin family, and all of Japan face a time of great challenges and uncertainty. 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., ISBN13:9781594489303 ISBN10:1594489300 Material Type:hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46363347845283,"sku":"A-STR_UBD_H0000SL6","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/71FPLzeBUNL.jpg?v=1760385421","url":"https:\/\/usedbookdepot.com\/products\/the-teahouse-fire-used-like-new","provider":"Used Book Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}