{"product_id":"the-teahouse-fire-9781594482731","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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story of two women whose lives intersect in late-nineteenth-century Japan, \u003ci\u003eThe Teahouse Fire \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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, \u003ci\u003eThe Teahouse Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively, provocative, and lushly detailed historical novel of epic scope and compulsive readability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594482731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.28w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Stonewall Book Award - Winner","brand":"Ellis Avery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040282673333,"sku":"9781594482731","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_de582740-dacf-4331-86cb-a006babbb8bf.jpg?v=1689088607","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-teahouse-fire-9781594482731","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}