{"product_id":"books-the-teahouse-fire-by-ellis-avery","title":"The Teahouse Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Like attending seasons of elegant tea parties--each one resplendent with character and drama. Delicious.\"--Maxine Hong Kingston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The story of two women whose lives intersect in late-nineteenth-century Japan, \u003ci\u003eThe Teahouse Fire\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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. 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Teahouse Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively, provocative, and lushly detailed historical novel of epic scope and compulsive readability.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53509721981201,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781594482731.jpg?v=1778166136","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-teahouse-fire-by-ellis-avery","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}