While waiting to board my flight to Perth, I spent a few minutes in a bookstore at Changi airport. I had a book for the trip but Extremely Loud, Incredibly Close just didn't feel like a holiday book.
It was an interesting read about the life and culture of a Kyoto geisha, Sayuri. I'm not sure whether being torn from her family and home, and groomed for such a life is a good thing, although many considered her 'lucky' to be selected. True, she became rich and quite powerful and finally won the affections of the Chairman but Sayuri lost her family and sister along the way. This is good fiction but I'm sure there are better books out there for a more in-depth look at the life of a geisha in Japan. Recommended.
Now reading: The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop
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