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The Teahouse Fire

By: Ellis Avery
Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
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 The fates of two women, one American, one Japanese, become entwined in this sweeping novel of 19th century Japan on the cusp of radical change and Westernization.

The Japanese tea ceremony, steeped in ritual, is at the heart of this story of an American girl adopted by Kyoto's most important tea master and raised as attendant and surrogate younger sister to his privileged daughter, Yukako.

Pasts shrouded in secrets and mysterious traditions rocked by modernization make The Teahouse Fire a compelling and provocative story, lush in details and epic in scope.

©2006 Ellis Avery. All rights reserved (P)2006 HighBridge Company Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction World Literature

Critic Reviews

  • Audie Award Winner, Solo Narration-Female, 2008

"Author Lee Smith's skill at capturing women's voices is a kind of literary music stemming from our ever-evolving American family life." (Midwest Book Review)
"Highly recommended." (Library Journal)
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having listened to this while travelling in Japan I found it so interesting and loved the history enmeshed with a beautiful love story. would love to see it as a film.

so well written and informative

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Loved the story of Japan as it moved from an isolated country to allowing foreigners. Loved learning the Japanese culture of the mid nineteenth century. The performance was excellent.

Amazing story

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